"Files released by the F.B.I. in 2011 under the Freedom of Information Act showed that the F.B.I. was permitted to include people on the watchlist even if they

"Files released by the F.B.I. in 2011 under the Freedom of Information Act showed that the F.B.I. was permitted to include people on the watchlist even if they had been acquitted of terrorism-related offenses or the charges are dropped." This sounds like an open shut case of abuse by the executive branch. It's the judicial branch's job to determine guilt, to still effectively sentence someone who's been cleared in court must be a huge overreach of the executive branch.