Watch List the (Over)efficacy of Article Review

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There is Michael Hicks on the watch list for some reason; though less than ten percent of people on the watch list are actually United States citizens, apparently this Mr. Hicks is one of them (Alvarez 2010). Eight-year-old Michael Hicks from Clifton, NJ, is a different person altogether, yet he was first patted down at the airport when he was two years old and he continues to cause travel delays for his family now that he is eight and a proud member of the cub scouts simply because his name -- or really, the name of another individual that happens to have the same name as Mikey -- is "on the list" (Alvarez 2010). Because the list errs towards the side of being over-cautious, many individuals that are not under suspicion have been unduly delayed, sometimes repeatedly, and the lack of flexibility in the training and procedures of Transportation Safety Administration personnel when dealing with individuals who appear to be on the terrorist watch list suggests that this problems will continue for many years to come.

The future does not promise any great change for the terrorist watch lists, and indeed under President Obama the watch lists are likely to grow even larger (Alvarez 2010).

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Questions of civil liberties are raised in regards to this issue, but they are generally quelled by arguments concerning the safety and security of the nation. Certainly, the nation needs protecting from terrorists, and watch lists can be an effective part of this, but these lists would be far more effective if children like Mikey Hicks were left off......

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