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Shredding of visa applications raises security questions
The government destroys millions of unsuccessful immigration applications with personal data and photos each year under a Diversity Visa Lottery program. Officials say records could aid terrorism investigations, while others warn of privacy risks and call for preserving or sharing data with law enforcement.
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Washington
U.S
State Department
Homeland Security
George Gekas
R-Pa
House Judiciary Committee
Kentucky
Igor
United States
Canada
China
Colombia
Dominican Republic
el Salvador
Haiti
India
Jamaica
Mexico
Pakistan
Philippines
South Korea
Vietnam
United Kingdom
Ed Dickens
Bureau of Consular Affairs
State’s Department
FBI
CIA
Dickens
Associated Press
Cuba
Iran
Iraq
Libya
North Korea
Syria
Yemen
Afghanistan
Algeria
Egypt
Saudi Arabia
Sudan
Hesham Mohamed Hadayet
Los Angeles International
Hadayet
Kathleen Campbell Walker
Kemp Smith PC
el Paso
Stephen Yale-Loehr
Cornell University
Yale-Loehr