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Joe Lieberman: “If anybody is on a terrorism watchlist because somebody suspects that they may be a terrorist, it is in the interest of…”

On the recordMay 4, 2010
If anybody is on a terrorism watchlist because somebody suspects that they may be a terrorist, it is in the interest of everybody else on that plane and of society to at least stop them and give them a secondary screening.
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Joe Lieberman
Independent · Connecticut

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Lieberman argues for secondary screening of individuals on terrorism watchlists before boarding flights.

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