Pilot Sues to get off Terrorist Watch List [UPDATED]

This is becoming a mainstream issue. It hit Yahoo for crying out loud. Here is the skinny....

A commercial airline pilot and convert to Islam who says his name is on the U.S. government's secret terrorist watch list has [filed] a federal lawsuit against the Homeland Security Department.

In fact the list is so flawed even the Wall Street Journal spoke up.

The government's main terrorist-watch-list system is hobbled by technology challenges, and the $500 million program designed to upgrade it is on the verge of collapse, according to a preliminary congressional investigation.

The database, which includes an estimated 400,000 people and as many as 1 million names, has been criticized for flagging ordinary Americans. Now, the congressional report finds that the system has problems identifying true potential terrorists, as well.

It's that bad.
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Updates below...

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Per Yojimb and Otteray Scribe: The pilot is also a vet...

Scherfen served in the U.S. military for 13 years, as an Army infantryman in the first Gulf War and then as a helicopter pilot in the National Guard. After receiving an honorable discharge, he was hired as a pilot by Colgan Air Inc., a regional airline operating in the Northeast and Texas.

http://www.cnn.com/...