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May 17, 2013

Audit of Witness Protection Program Finds Gaps in Tracking of Terror Suspects 
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The Obama administration took another public hit Thursday when a Justice
Department inspector general's report found gaps in record-keeping for
terror suspects who entered the federal witness protection program.
According to the report, the program failed to disclose participants’
new identities to the agency that maintains the government’s "no-fly"
list. That meant an unknown number of people who changed their names may
have been able to fly despite being on the list. Only two people with
suspected terrorism connections have joined the witness protection
program in the past six years.

 

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