Reply #93: From your link

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http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/nsb/tsc/tsc_faqs
The TSC cannot reveal whether a particular person is in the TSDB. The TSDB remains an effective tool in the government’s counterterrorism efforts because its contents are not disclosed. If TSC revealed who was in the TSDB, terrorist organizations would be able to circumvent the purpose of the terrorist watchlist by determining in advance which of their members are likely to be questioned or detained.

http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/nsb/tsc/tsc_redress

Because the contents of the consolidated terrorist watchlist are derived from classified and sensitive law enforcement and intelligence information, the TSC cannot confirm or deny whether an individual is on the watchlist.

The TSC does not accept redress inquiries directly from the public. Instead, members of the public should contact the relevant screening agency with their questions or concerns about screening. The screening agency is in the best position to identify and resolve issues related to that agency's screening process. Information on how to contact screening agencies is listed below.

They won't tell you if you are on the list. If they won't verify your presence on the list, how will you know who has your name to begin the redress process or even that your name on the list is the problem? Where is it written that they have to verify your presence on the list to any other governmental agency, and how long does that take? Does the inquiry itself constitute criteria for inclusion on the list? Who knows? It is a classic authoritarian catch-22. If you have "a problem" you have to address a separate government agency for each "problem". One's life can quickly become a morass of bureaucratic hell trying to secure a civil right that shouldn't have been denied in the first place. Simple denial of rights by governmental opacity.