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US Alters Airport Screening Rules

HeadlineApr 02, 2010

The Obama administration has announced a revamped set of airport screening rules for travelers to the United States. The US will no longer automatically screen visitors from a list of fourteen countries on a controversial watch list announced last year. But in a measure critics say could increase ethnic profiling, travelers could be stopped if they match a suspect’s physical description, even if security officials don’t have a suspect’s name.

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