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April 2, 2010

U.S. Alters Airport Screening Rules
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The Obama administration has announced a revamped set of airport
screening rules for travelers to the United States. The U.S. will no
longer automatically screen visitors from a list of fourteen countries
on a controversial watch list announced last year. But in a measure
critics say could increase ethnic profiling, travelers could be stopped
if they match a suspect’s physical description, even if security
officials don’t have a suspect’s name.



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