tonyz
08-10-2014, 12:42
An interesting post on David Hardy's blog - a link to David's blog and to the complete article below. If accurate, the number of folks on the list is a bit of a surprise.
POSTED BY DAVID HARDY · 5 AUGUST 2014 10:23 PM
There have been proposals by antigunners to ban firearms receipt by those on the "terrorist watch list," which make this article quite relevant. Based on a "leak," it points out that:
(1) Between 700,000 and 1.5 million people are on the list;
(2) The standard for listing is "reasonable suspicion";
(3) More than 40% on the list, some 280,000, are not even suspected of links to any known terrorist organization;
(4) 900 times a day, a person is added to the list or information on him is supplemented.
I must wonder how useful any "watch list" can be that has 700,000 people on it. Obviously that number cannot be "watched." The list just takes on a life of its own; it is maintained because it is supposed to be maintained.
http://armsandthelaw.com/archives/2014/08/terrorist_watch_1.php
Full article at link below:
Barack Obama’s Secret Terrorist-Tracking System, by the Numbers
By Jeremy Scahill and Ryan Devereaux5 Aug 2014, 12:45 PM EDT
https://firstlook.org/theintercept/article/2014/08/05/watch-commander/
POSTED BY DAVID HARDY · 5 AUGUST 2014 10:23 PM
There have been proposals by antigunners to ban firearms receipt by those on the "terrorist watch list," which make this article quite relevant. Based on a "leak," it points out that:
(1) Between 700,000 and 1.5 million people are on the list;
(2) The standard for listing is "reasonable suspicion";
(3) More than 40% on the list, some 280,000, are not even suspected of links to any known terrorist organization;
(4) 900 times a day, a person is added to the list or information on him is supplemented.
I must wonder how useful any "watch list" can be that has 700,000 people on it. Obviously that number cannot be "watched." The list just takes on a life of its own; it is maintained because it is supposed to be maintained.
http://armsandthelaw.com/archives/2014/08/terrorist_watch_1.php
Full article at link below:
Barack Obama’s Secret Terrorist-Tracking System, by the Numbers
By Jeremy Scahill and Ryan Devereaux5 Aug 2014, 12:45 PM EDT
https://firstlook.org/theintercept/article/2014/08/05/watch-commander/