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Title: The idiocy of the "terrorist watch list.
Post by: trekgeezer on August 20, 2008, 12:35:18 PM

Okay, I'm on a roll today, but this is last one. This so called watch list is ridiculous.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/08/19/tsa.watch.list/index.html

Title: Re: The idiocy of the "terrorist watch list.
Post by: dean on August 20, 2008, 06:07:27 PM

Wasn't there an episode of Boston Legal about this?

Either way, it's the stupidist system I've heard of. Over one million people are on the list??? That's just plain insanity. Surely the system can't be that hard to deal with, and I wonder what the statistics are for this list 'catching out' any terrorists, whether they be aged 5 or not... :lookingup:

Title: Re: The idiocy of the "terrorist watch list.
Post by: trekgeezer on August 21, 2008, 01:07:38 PM

Just read today that a federal appeals court says that people on the no fly list can sue TSA.

http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/08/watch-listed--1.html

Title: Re: The idiocy of the "terrorist watch list.
Post by: Ed, Ego and Superego on August 22, 2008, 01:23:47 PM

Beinga bit left centrist, though I am quite conservative on the law and order front. But no matter what DHS is definitely a bad idea. Frankly any govenment department with the words "Homeland" "Motherland" "Fatherland" etc is generally a red flag in my book.
Whoops... there goes my flying priveleges.
-Ed

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