Watching Out

The ACLU says the terrorist watch list added its millionth member today. Given that there aren't even close to a million dangerous international terrorists in the world, I think it's safe to say that this is yet another example of our counterterrorism policies gone badly awry -- this kind of large-scale harassment of innocent people isn't making anyone safer.

This article available online at:

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2008/07/watching-out/49273/