Sick 9-11 Reponders to be checked for terrorism ties before treatment

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Originally Posted by Riot

No it does not. It says that 9-11 responders, before they get treatment, must be screened by the FBI for being a terrorist. Big difference.

"Firemen, policemen, you are heros to go into the Twin Towers, then shift through the rubble looking for survivors, while you lost your families and coworkers in the terrorist attack - btw, we have to make sure you are not a terrorist, too, now that you are dying from that work. Don't be offended"

No it doesn't -

`(5) DISQUALIFICATION OF INDIVIDUALS ON TERRORIST WATCH LIST- No individual who is on the terrorist watch list maintained by the Department of Homeland Security shall qualify as an eligible WTC responder. Before enrolling any individual as a WTC responder in the WTC Program under paragraph (3), the Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, shall determine whether the individual is on such list.