Terror Watch List Swells to More Than 755,000

rdavison writes "According to a USA Today story, the terror watch list has swollen to 755,000 with 200,000 people per year being added since 2004. Adding about 548 people daily every day of the year does not seem to lend itself to a manual process with careful deliberation given or double checking being done for each person added. It seems to suggests that data is being mined from somewhere to automatically add names to the list."

Comments

While there's still time

[sqrt(2)]

Before I get on that list myself for being a registered independent (can't trust someone who wont take sides), I better use my right to travel to get the hell out of dodge. Are there any real democracies left in the world? I'd rather not have to learn a new language. Canada is close, but that's just US-light, they'll follow up with anything we say just a few years behind. Europe is a sinking ship too, so that's out. I don't think there's anywhere left. Am I going to have to build a city at the bottom of the ocean?

Surprised it's not higher

[schwit1]

Add every member of the North Korean, Iranian and Syrian government and military.
Add half of the populations of every other Middle Eastern and African nation with a sizable Islamic population.
Add to that anybody who's wearing a ballcap sideways or driving while on a cell phone.

Yep, 755000 seems pretty low.

Re:Let's resolve to keep our freedom.

[blhack]

Oh PUHHHHLEASE!
1st of all, do NOT chalk this up to the "Bush Administration" it makes you sound like some collge aged stoner wanna-be know-it-all who thinks that the only reliable source of information is blogs about the conspiracy of the government that are all hosted with angelfire.com
The truth of the matter is that after 9-11 we paniced, we made some bad decisions got ourselves into a bad situation. When i say we i mean WE. The dems in congress voted to start the war too.
My stance is that yes, now we're in a bad place, but there is very few people who are actually willing to do anything to get us out of it other than bury their heads in the sand. Guess which side of the aisle they sit on.