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Terror Watch List Swells to More Than 755,000

Posted by samzenpus on from the a-list-you-don't-want-to-be-on dept.

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."

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  1. wasting time by LiquidCoooled · · Score: 5, Funny

    Surely it would be quicker to make an Anti-Terror list of people who are allowed to fly.

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    1. Re:wasting time by timeOday · · Score: 4, Funny
      No, that would be letting the terrorists off the hook. What we should do is put everybody* on the list - that's the only way to be sure.

      (*everybody except politicians and rich people, since they're vital to national security and economic welfare).

  2. Why stop there?! by sqrt(2) · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just add everyone, then implement a whitelist instead. We can issue travel papers and everything, it'll be great.

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  3. Hm... by Gorimek · · Score: 5, Funny

    On average, 548 people join Slashdot every day.

    Coincidence?

  4. Re:Let's resolve to keep our freedom. by Algorithmnast · · Score: 5, Funny

    In reality, the terrorist threat is a several orders of a magnitude less than being killed by heart-disease. It's my view that in any problem solving situation, you should seek to solve the worst problem first and the smallest problem last.

    So... I should turn in Ronald McDonald to Homeland Security??

  5. Now I get it... by darthflo · · Score: 5, Funny

    So that's what happens to all those people posting words like "Terrorist", "Bomb", "Bin Laden", "9/11", "Echelon" on Slashdot and all over the intertubes. Luckily I don't do that kinda stuff.

  6. Re:Thank god for the TWL ! by BiggerIsBetter · · Score: 5, Funny

    Then let's thank God and the powers that be for the terrorist watch list (TWL), because anybody can be on it ! Let it be known that The Department of Homeland Security is an equal-opportunity list-maker.

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  7. Facebook 2.0 by brown-eyed+slug · · Score: 5, Funny

    the terror watch list has swollen to 755,000 with 200,000 people per year being added since 2004
    It's the new social networking sensation!
  8. Re:Let's resolve to keep our freedom. by ObiWanStevobi · · Score: 5, Funny
    What are you talking about? These baseless accusations have to stop! It's corrrosive and divisive at a time when we need to come together.

    That's why we should support Gulianni for President. 9/11. Now more than ever. Rudy, 9/11, is a good, 9/11, candidate to bring us all together, 9/11, and remind us that the, 9/11, president serves all the people. Not just, 9/11, some of them. By the way, Rudy was there on 9/11 and saw first hand what will surely happen again if you don't vote for him.

  9. At least this isn't the UK by kalirion · · Score: 4, Funny

    Otherwise all those people would be shot dead as soon as they tried to book a flight.