A precursor data set that feeds the Terrorist Screening Database (TSDB or, "the watchlist") is the Terrorist Identities Datamart Environment, or TIDE, maintained by the National Counterterrorism Center.
A subsequent records check determined "whether the complainant's current status in the TSDB [Terrorist Screening Database] is suitable based on the most current, accurate and thorough information available".
In 2013, the government made 468,749 nominations for inclusion to the Terrorist Screening Database, up from 227,932 nominations in 2009; few are rejected.
A larger pool of data that feeds the no-fly list and other government watchlists, known as the Terrorist Screening Database, contemporaneously contained records of 420,000 people.
A federal magistrate judge in Chicago has ruled that protecting state secrets is not a valid argument for the government to refuse to tell American citizens whether they are on the terrorism watch list, the Terrorist Screening Database.
The Bush campaign responded that the administration had created an extensive terrorist screening database available to state and local governments 24 hours a day and that it had a comprehensive plan in place to protect the nation's ports.
"The Terrorist Screening Center does not publicly confirm nor deny whether any individual may be included in the US Government's Terrorist Screening Database (TSDB) or a subset list," spokesman Dave Joly said in an email.
It was confirmed earlier this month that the FBI shares its master watchlist, the Terrorist Screening Database, with at least 22 foreign governments, countless federal agencies, state and local law enforcement, plus private contractors.
It is the main repository from which other government watch lists are drawn, including the F.B.I.'s Terrorist Screening Database and the Transportation Security Administration's "no fly" list.
Two databases were used for each screening, a screening database of active compounds and a screening database of decoys.
First, we use the MCS similarity measure to rank the screening database.
