A Muslim civil rights group called for a congressional investigation Wednesday after its lawsuit revealed that the U.S. government has shared access to parts of its terrorist watchlist with more than 1,400 private entities, including hospitals and universities. "To share private information of citizens and non-citizens with corporations is illegal and outrageous." The FBI said in a statement Wednesday night that private groups only receive a subset of the terrorist watchlist called the Known or Suspected Terrorist List. Indeed, the articulated standard for inclusion on the watchlist is a reasonable suspicion of being a known or suspected terrorist. In response to the lawsuit, a federal official recently acknowledged in a court filing that more than 1,400 private entities received access to the list.

Source: Fox News February 20, 2019 22:02 UTC