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The New York Times > Business > Business Travel: Getting Off a Security Watch List Is the Hard Part: "Getting Off a Security Watch List Is the Hard Part
By CHRISTOPHER ELLIOTT

Published: November 2, 2004

Having your name added to the Transportation Security Administration's watch list, a register of airline passengers the government wants to screen more rigorously, is easy.

Just ask Harold Smith, who works for a specialty surgical-equipment distributor in Fort Worth. One recent morning, as he checked in for a flight to Austin, Tex., an electronic kiosk rejected his seat assignment request and referred him to the ticket counter."