Terrorist Watch List

With new technology emerging every day, one would think that governmental technical errors would be limited. Especially when those errors intertwine with top secret classified information. After countless acts of terror, it was evident that something had to be done to prevent such tragedies, rather than focusing on the cleanup. A database of suspected terrorists known as the Terrorist Watch List was created. A place where multiple U.S. government agencies can share relevant information, instead of maintaining separate lists. This sent a clam sense of security around the country that was felt by every American. A list with suspected terrorist at the hand of government agencies like the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Customs and …show more content…
By the addition of specific details about that person that cannot be misspelled or confused with no variation. From now on when names are being added I would include various sub categories almost to resemble the arrangement of an NYS ID card. For starters, I would implement the addition simple information like male or female. This way common unisex names like Alex or Taylor are less subject to being added on the list as a false positive. So when searching for the male Alex Bennet, females named Alex won’t be added into the database by mistake. Secondly, I would implement the addition of more complex details like eye color or last known address which cut the chances of false positives down at least in half. Cutting down the chances of non matches will lower the percentage of request from removal of the database that can possibly take years to eliminate. However with the introductory of more information a bigger database would be needed. This database would have to use the dark web to limit who can infiltrate with maximum security, this way all different movement agencies have one database with everything from names, identification pictures, addresses to fingerprints, which can accessed at the same