U.S. should be "stepping up our efforts to track where people go when they leave the United States."

[JustAnotherGen]

6. Bad idea

I will have to take a deeper dive into her statements beyond what is at the link - but she's wrong on this one. I hope her strongest supporters (not talking about DU - the US is bigger than just DU) challenge her on this.

OFAC and BIS lists are a good group of people to track - and we currently do. They are both wed to NSA activities for banking and telecom. I'm very well traveled. I have all three of these functions at a major wireless carrier. We have all we need to cross check those who have the potential to engage in these activities abroad.

A "throw everything at the wall and see what sticks" is not efficient. Do we miss people? Yep. But on this I would rather hold the line. You need money and communication methods to track a terrorist as well as past behavior being a strong indicator of future behavior.

We have what we need - we don't need to worry about what John and Jane Doe are eating at a cafe in Belgium.