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Tue 07 Jul 2008400,000 on US terrorism 'watch list'
US:A US watch list of terrorism suspects has passed one million records, corresponding to about 400,000 people, and a leading civil rights group said yesterday the number was far too high to be effective.
The Bush administration disagreed and called the list one of the most effective tools implemented after the September 11th hijacked plane attacks - when a federal "no-fly" list contained just 16 people considered threats to aviation.
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