Millions of Travelers Quietly Rated for Terror Potential

Those Wrongly-Profiled Can't See or Challenge Ratings That Will Be Kept for 40 Years.
By MICHAEL J. SNIFFEN, AP

WASHINGTON (Dec. 1) - Without notifying the public, federal agents for the past four years have assigned millions of international travelers, including Americans, computer-generated scores rating the risk they pose of being terrorists or criminals.

The travelers are not allowed to see or directly challenge these risk assessments, which the government intends to keep on file for 40 years.

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