The Biden administration is continuing to refuse to turn over the nationalities of those encountered at the southern border whose names appear on the terror watch list.
EXCLUSIVE: The Biden-Harris administration has again blocked a request by Fox News to reveal the nationalities of people on the FBI terror watchlist arrested at the border by Border Patrol, citing the privacy interests of those who were encountered and arguing that it could expose law enforcement 'vulnerabilities' and 'tip off' terrorists.
In May, CBP told Fox it would not provide the information, although it acknowledged the information is maintained in the Terrorist Screening Dataset . The letter said then that it was applying exemptions to protect the disclosure of files that may create a 'clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy' and must balance a public's right to disclosure against an individual's right to privacy. In its letter to Fox this month, the agency doubled down on that reasoning.
The privacy interests of third parties far outweigh whatever public interest, if any, exists in having their information released.' The agency also claimed that the release of the information would reveal investigative techniques used in processing and apprehending terrorists. 'By providing this information, it could allow targets to alter their behavior to avoid detection and exploit the gaps in CBP’s law enforcement intelligence, as well as compromise national security.
The watchlist, now called the Terrorist Screening Dataset, includes known or suspected terrorists, as well as additional individuals believed to pose a potential threat to the U.S. -- including affiliates of individuals on the watchlist.
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