Barack Obama's administration seems too focused on terrorists - and not in a good way.

First, his main priority once in office was to close Guantanamo Bay. Now, a supposedly bipartisan bill, HR 559, has been passed in an effort to clear mistaken names from watch lists. The bill even makes the Homeland Security Department maintain a "comprehensive cleared list."

Yes, HR 559 really was a bipartisan bill, only opposed by 3 people, but it was sponsored by Democrat Yvette D. Clarke in the first place.

I'm all for making sure that people are not wrongly jailed or accused, but Obama's fixation on keeping the terrorists happy just frightens me. I'd feel much safer if Obama would focus on actually tightening security instead of catering to the terrorists.

Bill to Clear Mistaken Names From Watch Lists Passes

The House passed a bill Tuesday aimed at helping people who have been misidentified as terrorists clear their names from government watch lists and databases.

The bill (HR 559), sponsored by Yvette D. Clarke, D-N.Y., passed by a vote of 413-3.

"It is important to keep in mind that the watch list is only as good as the information on it," said House Homeland Security Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss.

The bill would require the Homeland Security secretary to establish a "timely and fair" process of appeal and redress for people wrongly delayed or prevented from boarding a flight, among other things, because of an erroneous match with a terrorist watch list.

In addition, the bill would task the Homeland Security secretary with creating an Office of Appeals and Redress and maintain a "comprehensive cleared list" of people who have been inappropriately included on terror watch lists or databases.

The "cleared" list would be supplied to the Homeland Security Department's component agencies, such as the Transportation Security Administration and Customs and Border Protection, as well as state and local government agencies and airlines that use watch lists.

"This is a good bill," said Pete Olson, R-Texas. "This is a bipartisan bill."