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DHS will ask stores to watch customers’ buying habits for terrorist clues
Wash Times ^ | Sept 10, 2014 | Stephen Dinan

Posted on 09/10/2014 2:56:33 PM PDT by upchuck

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said his department will be issuing new guidance to retailers this week giving them pointers on how to spot potential terrorists among their customers by looking at what they’re buying. While saying the government cannot prohibit sales of some everyday materials, Mr. Johnson said retailers should be trained to look for anyone who buys a lot from what he described as a “long list of materials that could be used as explosive precursors.” He said it was an extension of the “If you see something, say something” campaign launched by his predecessor, former Secretary Janet Napolitano, which tries to enlist average Americans to be aware of their immediate environment. “We can’t and we shouldn’t prohibit the sale of a pressure cooker. We can sensitize retail businesses to be on guard for suspicious behavior by those who buy this kind of stuff,” Mr. Johnson said...

Original article word count: 354; excerpt word count 149

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: banglist; dhs; donutwatch
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To: upchuck

Is DHS going to pay for the lawyers to fight the inevitable lawsuits for discrimination?


41 posted on 09/10/2014 3:42:33 PM PDT by Iron Munro ("If you want to test a man's character, give him power." -- Abraham Lincoln)
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To: upchuck

Of course they will only be able to track WHITE MALES and just cross their fingers they are straight.

They can’t take a chance on offending any of the ‘protected species’.


42 posted on 09/10/2014 3:43:06 PM PDT by xrmusn ((6/98) If you can't convince them, confuse them.)
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To: TigersEye

I offer a MOLON COMMODE back to you.


43 posted on 09/10/2014 3:45:45 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: upchuck

Dear DHS:

I will be purchasing lots of ammo, probably at Walmart and Cabela’s, but you knew that already.

Sincerely,
BuckeyeTexan


44 posted on 09/10/2014 3:51:10 PM PDT by BuckeyeTexan (There are those that break and bend. I'm the other kind. ~Steve Earle)
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To: nascarnation

Being under suspicion by the regime is a high honor.


45 posted on 09/10/2014 3:51:21 PM PDT by upchuck (It's a shame nobama truly doesn't care about any of this. Our country, our future, he doesn't care.)
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To: John S Mosby

the kids love that


46 posted on 09/10/2014 3:53:37 PM PDT by ChildOfThe60s ((If you can remember the 60s.....you weren't really there)
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To: TigersEye

When I buy bleach, I like to buy 6-7 jugs all at once as a single purchase in cash and watch the reactions. It’s pretty funny. One time, a big, burly, heavily-tatted, male cashier asked me if I needed help with the body. I laughed all the way home.


47 posted on 09/10/2014 4:01:04 PM PDT by BuckeyeTexan (There are those that break and bend. I'm the other kind. ~Steve Earle)
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To: John S Mosby

48 posted on 09/10/2014 4:09:57 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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To: upchuck
One more reason I try, as much as possible, to pay cash for everything

So do I. That's probably going to be one of the things they'll be looking for.

I'd much rather the gov close the borders and know who's in the US, and not let in refugees from places that breed terrorists. We're being spied on because the gov didn't do its job, which should be preventing the invasion of the US.

49 posted on 09/10/2014 4:16:35 PM PDT by grania
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To: upchuck

I guess I need to register myself when I buy a 50lb sack of beans!


50 posted on 09/10/2014 4:40:36 PM PDT by MeganC (It took Democrats four hours to deport Elian Gonzalez)
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To: grania

Bump! They can watch me as much as they want as I spend untraceable cash.

Yes, I’m aware they could probably get a duplicate receipt from the store to see what I bought. But I figure they’ve got way more important things to do.

And if they do go to that hassle, they will be spectacularly disappointed to discover what I bought.


51 posted on 09/10/2014 4:41:43 PM PDT by upchuck (It's a shame nobama truly doesn't care about any of this. Our country, our future, he doesn't care.)
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To: TigersEye

I had jello on the grocery list last week and failed to get any. Guess it’s now too late to make lime jello fluff.

Guaranteed to make the list is purchasing a Bible.


52 posted on 09/10/2014 4:43:34 PM PDT by bgill
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To: upchuck

Wonder how long before I have to show ID, and electronically sign for it, to buy small, controlled, amounts of kitchen cleanser, bleach, drain cleaners, and vinegar?

Not to mention pool acid, drain acid, iodine, peroxide, acetone....


53 posted on 09/10/2014 4:44:44 PM PDT by ApplegateRanch (Love me, love my guns!©)
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To: upchuck
Being under suspicion by the regime is a high honor.

It'd almost be disappointing to find out that you're NOT under suspicion by this regime. It'd make you want to call up DHS and ask them what you need to do to be considered a loyal, patriotic American and ergo a threat to the regime.

54 posted on 09/10/2014 4:45:33 PM PDT by MeganC (It took Democrats four hours to deport Elian Gonzalez)
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To: ApplegateRanch

Good question. That’s why it is time now to stock up.


55 posted on 09/10/2014 4:46:02 PM PDT by upchuck (It's a shame nobama truly doesn't care about any of this. Our country, our future, he doesn't care.)
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To: TigersEye
MOLON LAVATORY!

You owe me a new monitor and keyboard.

"Ceterum censeo 0bama esse delendam."

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)

LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

56 posted on 09/10/2014 4:46:06 PM PDT by LonePalm (Commander and Chef)
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To: upchuck

Bacon flavored...everything!


57 posted on 09/10/2014 4:54:26 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement ("World Peace 1.20.09.")
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To: upchuck
My purchases are boring. It's just the point of not wanting to leave a paper trail. Two other factors:

1. Paying cash makes it so easy to keep to a budget.

2. Dishonesty is close to epidemic in some of the stores around here. I'd just as soon not have a credit card number out there.

58 posted on 09/10/2014 4:57:14 PM PDT by grania
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To: upchuck
Buy something:


59 posted on 09/10/2014 5:05:14 PM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

That’s scandalous!


60 posted on 09/10/2014 5:10:07 PM PDT by Disambiguator (#cornedbeef)
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