This is very poor journalism and nobody should consider this as any more or less true than any hypothetical they can imagine themselves. If this journalist actually tried to find more credible sources and failed it is somewhat evidence against the claim that this is happening at all, depending on how competent the journalist is.
"Just names in a list" hasn't fared well throughout history, including if your name is currently on any DHS watchlist, often for just sounding similar to someone else who might be from a foreign country, with no way to even know about it without info from the FISA court.
inverted_flag•9mo ago