HomeSec Blacklist to be Available to Private Companies

unassimilatible writes "The Washington Times reports that the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security are developing a database that will allow private companies to submit lists of individuals to be screened for a connection to terrorism. The database will eventually allow private-sector entities, such as operators of critical infrastructure facilities or organizers of large events, to submit a list of persons associated with those events to the U.S. government to be screened for any nexus to terrorism. All of this won't be cheap either; total terror-related IT spending by US federal and state governments will run past $100 billion in 2004. But don't feel left out Europeans, since the EU is considering a terror database as well, although France and UK are reluctant to share intel."

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WTF is terrorism?

[t_allardyce]

What exactly is terrorism anyway? is Bush a terrorist? i mean he terrorises people - dont you remember "shock and awe" and "bomb them back to the stone age". Maybe an anti-war protestor is a terrorist? i mean if i was one lone republican in the middle of an anti war protest id feel pretty terrorised! Armed robber? street gang? tell us bush, wtf is your little crack head on about? there must be a legal definition of a terrorist? otherwise this is witch burning.