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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. Re:Let's resolve to keep our freedom. by Stefanwulf · · Score: 5, Informative

    A couple years ago an ad was run in the DC metro - it had a picture of a brick wall with a single fire alarm bell (like the kind that used to be in schools) on the left hand side, and the same wall on the right hand side, except now it was covered with alarm bells, all mounted at about 3" intervals.

    Underneath it simply said "More security does not mean you are more secure."

    I think it sums up our situation pretty effectively.