Class-action lawsuit seeks damages for those on U.S. watch lists

The Washington Post: A new class-action lawsuit alleges that untold thousands of people placed on the U.S. watch listing system deserve monetary damages for what it says are the unpleasant and unconstitutional consequences of having their names on various federal registers.

The suit — filed in U.S. District Court in Alexandria on behalf of 18 American Muslims, including a 4-year-old — is perhaps the broadest challenge to the federal watch listing system, though it is hardly the first.

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