Posted on 08/05/2014 11:32:55 AM PDT by markomalley
President Obama has presided over a massive increase in the size and scope of the country's "no-fly" list, which bars individuals suspected of having terrorist ties from flying on airlines.
Forty-seven thousand people were on the no-fly list in 2013, marking an all-time high that dwarfs the amount ever included during George W. Bush's presidency, according to an analysis of newly released classified documents published Tuesday by The Intercept. In addition, a "selectee list" used to pull out travelers for heightened scrutiny at airports and border crossings has grown larger than 16,000 people, including 1,200 Americans.
The classified documents also show that 680,000 people are listed in a much larger Terrorist Screening Database that federal authorities share with local law enforcement, private contractors, and foreign governments. Though designed as a watch list for "known or suspected terrorists," 40 percent of the database contains individuals who are described as possessing "no recognized terrorist affiliation," and 5,000 are listed as American.
Last month, The Intercept published guidelines developed by the National Counterterrorism Center in 2013 revealing broad and opaque standards for being placed on the government's terrorist roster, such as any activity deemed "dangerous" to property or government policy. The 166-page report revealed an expanded rationale for adding someone to a watch list under the Obama administration and how difficult it can be to have a name scrubbed—even if that person is deceased.
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Why do I have the feeling that none of those added are Muslims?
I’m on the “won’t fly” list. I bet that list is even bigger.
Get whitey.
Might be part of the war on the middle class, there.
The “elites” don’t want “commoners” to be able to fly willy nilly wherever they want just because they’ve saved up the money to do so.
Only the “elites” should be able to travel, and not at their own expense, either.
Those that oppose emperor 0bama's edicts?
Is Ted Kennedy still on it?
It’s been a while since I’ve flown. I wonder if I made the list?
I did make the IRS list.
Not to mention the FBI agents that came to see me.
But still I will not shut up.
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