I asked in a thread on this topic a while back, and someone came back with the US being given about 100,000 names a year.
This is the fundamental problem with all the "terrorist" stuff. No matter how accurate various techniques and technologies are, the false positives significantly overwhelm the actual bad guys.
For some bizarre reason it has become acceptable to treat the false positives as though they were terrorists, totally ignoring their rights, due process, basic human decency or even evidence. (The no fly list is a good example.)
And then there is a massive expense (time and money) in order to build up the false positives. Consider the amount wasted at airport "security", and how much better that money and time could be spent elsewhere. I'd much rather individuals kept that money and spent it on goods and services which is far better for the economy (and hence jobs etc). And less future money would be needed to pay down debt.
This is the fundamental problem with all the "terrorist" stuff. No matter how accurate various techniques and technologies are, the false positives significantly overwhelm the actual bad guys.
For some bizarre reason it has become acceptable to treat the false positives as though they were terrorists, totally ignoring their rights, due process, basic human decency or even evidence. (The no fly list is a good example.)
And then there is a massive expense (time and money) in order to build up the false positives. Consider the amount wasted at airport "security", and how much better that money and time could be spent elsewhere. I'd much rather individuals kept that money and spent it on goods and services which is far better for the economy (and hence jobs etc). And less future money would be needed to pay down debt.