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The Obama administration has quietly approved a substantial expansion of the terrorist watchlist system, authorizing a secret process that requires neither concrete facts nor irrefutable evidence to designate an American or foreigner as a terrorist, according to a key government document obtained by The Intercept.
In addition to data like fingerprints, travel itineraries, identification documents and gun licenses, the rules encourage screeners to acquire health insurance information, drug prescriptions, "any cards with an electronic strip on it (hotel cards, grocery cards, gift cards, frequent flyer cards)," multiple cellphones, email addresses, binoculars, peroxide, bank account numbers, pay stubs, academic transcripts, parking and speeding tickets, and want ads. The digital information singled out for collection includes social media accounts, cell phone lists, speed dial numbers, laptop images, thumb drives, iPods, Kindles, and cameras. All of the information is then uploaded to the TIDE database.
Screeners are also instructed to collect any "pocket litter," scuba gear, EZ Passes, library cards, and the titles of any books, along with information about their condition -- "e.g., new, dog-eared, annotated, unopened." Business cards and conference materials are also targeted, as well as "anything with an account number" and information about any gold or jewelry worn by the watchlisted individual. Even "animal information" -- data about pets from veterinarians or tracking chips -- is requested. The rulebook also encourages the collection of biometric or biographical data about the travel partners of watchlisted individuals.
Screeners are also instructed to collect any "pocket litter," scuba gear, EZ Passes, library cards, and the titles of any books, along with information about their condition -- "e.g., new, dog-eared, annotated, unopened." Business cards and conference materials are also targeted, as well as "anything with an account number" and information about any gold or jewelry worn by the watchlisted individual. Even "animal information" -- data about pets from veterinarians or tracking chips -- is requested. The rulebook also encourages the collection of biometric or biographical data about the travel partners of watchlisted individuals.
While the guidelines nominally prohibit nominations based on unreliable information, they explicitly regard uncorroborated Facebook or Twitter posts as sufficient grounds for putting an individual on one of the watchlists. Single source information, the guidelines state, including but not limited to walk-in, write-in, or postings on social media sites, however, should not automatically be discounted
the NOMINATING AGENCY should evaluate the credibility of the source, as well as the nature and specificity of the information, and nominate even if that source is uncorroborated.
https://firstlook.org/theintercept/article/2014/07/23/blacklisted/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/23/the-intercept-_n_5613519.html
Civil/human rights take hundreds of years to be recognized by government. They are destroyed in an instant.
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binoculars, peroxide, bank account numbers, pay stubs, academic transcripts, library cards (Original Post)
whereisjustice
Jul 2014
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sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)1. Wow, this is scary:
they explicitly regard uncorroborated Facebook or Twitter posts as sufficient grounds for putting an individual on one of the watchlists. Single source information, the guidelines state, including but not limited to walk-in, write-in, or postings on social media sites, however, should not automatically be discounted
Didn't we vote to END all of this in 2008? Boy were we ever naive.
Mojorabbit
(16,020 posts)2. k and r nt
Uncle Joe
(58,366 posts)3. Well they haven't asked for our dirty underwear... yet, so they have that going for them.
Thanks for the thread, whereisjustice.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)4. Welcome to DU, whereisjustice
Good start!
defacto7
(13,485 posts)5. We're all on the watchlist.
Lets face it. Now lets stop it.
grasswire
(50,130 posts)6. also being discussed...
....here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025281294
The more exposure, the better!
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)7. Another reason to avoid flying
I would like to travel by air perhaps sometime in the future, but simply haven't found enough of a reason to do so that I will engage in security theater.