kikipeepers asked
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The FBI is asking US colleges and universities to provide personal information about foreign students and teachers so the government can determine whether they have ties to known or suspected members of terror groups. 'The data obtained from schools will be compared with information compiled by the Justice Department's Foreign Terrorist Tracking Task Force, which is building a classified database of suspected and known terrorists,' the Washington Post said, citing sources. The report said letters sent from FBI field offices beginning last month ask schools to provide 'names, addresses, telephone numbers, citizenship information, places of birth, dates of birth and any foreign contact information' for teachers and students who are foreign nationals. FBI and Justice Department officials say language in the new USA Patriot Act allows schools to provide the data without notifying those involved...
411 answers · 0 comments
Answer this yourself in the app
See how this splits by age, gender, and region in the app.
