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Daily Dashboard | US watchlist shared with 1,441 private organizations Related reading: Officials question source of cyberattack on New Zealand Parliament

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After years of insisting that the terrorist watchlist is not shared with the private sector, the U.S. federal government acknowledged that it is shared with 1,441 private organizations, including private universities, hospitals and private correctional facilities, The Associated Press reports. The admission follows a class-action lawsuit by individuals who argued there were wrongly added to the watchlist and a subsequent order from U.S. District Judge Anthony Trenga that the Terrorist Screening Database disclosed specifics regarding its dissemination. The list is intended to include known or suspected terrorists, but critics argue the list is “overbroad and mismanaged” and that it wrongly includes many individuals.
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