In May, the U.S. Justice Department's inspector general issued a report on the watch-list process, including a flow chart describing how anyone suspected of terrorist ties passes through a series of lists, the most serious of which includes the Transportation Security Administration's no-fly list.

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Misleading rhetoric aside, not a single instance of abuse under the Act has been cited by any court, the Congress or the Justice Department's own Inspector General - not one.

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Hassan, unlike many other chief executives, had the guts to personally handle negotiations with the Department of Justice 's Office of the Inspector General over manufacturing slip-ups.

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