Data revealed during a civil lawsuit shows that over 1.5 million have been added to the list over the past five years, reports the Associated Press.
The rate of growth is accelerating:
- 2009: ~250,000
- 2010: ~250,000
- 2012: 336,712
- 2013: 468749
Clearly there aren’t that many terrorists. My guess is that, because the existing list isn’t providing the results they hoped for, they keep expanding the eligibility criteria.
We don’t know what the criteria is, but you can safely assume that if your name sounds Middle Eastern then you are in. Anyone who fits the profiles on our Terrorist Types page would probably be on it.
