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Anyone that I invite into my home - an electrician, the UPS man, a plumber, etc. will find nothing to incriminate me or my family being terrorists.

Do you own guns? Ooops! Might be a right-wing militia member. Do you have a Bible and religious materials out? Ooops! Might be an abortion clinic bomber! Do you collect Civil War memorabilia? Ooops! Might be a Klansman! Or maybe you made the electrician or the plumber re-do a shoddy job and he wants to get even.

Why do you have a problem? I'm asking seriously. And I'm also curious.

Likewise, what do you think these people will find in a terrorists residence?

I think people have the notion that the cable guy will stroll in and see an amateur SAM site in their living room or something.

Plus, the whole thing is pretty subjective. If I do the credit card processing and arbitrarily decide that you buy too much gunpowder, do you deserve to have your door kicked in as a result of this?

The potential for abuse is huge and as it is now anyone with a complaint or a concern can call the police and take their whacks if it turns out to be a false report.

Plus, there is some concern about them databasing this information and profiling people based on pure speculation. If your house get's raided on one of these "tips" then do you know who squealed on you? Will your database entry be deleted or cleared? Or will it have a "well, we didn't get him this time" notation tossed in there somewhere? Will the mail carrier get mad and narc on you because you didn't give him a christmas gift? Or because you cut him off in traffic?

but you don't know exactly what THEY will be looking for.....you have nothing to hide?....what about your guns, where they are,,,,are they "proper" according to regulations you may never have heard of....etc. stc. etc.....you have nothing to hide?.....now,,, what about tomorrow?......get govt. off our back?....what ever happened to that one ON PRINCIPLE?....off our back and into the front door....what changes an airplane can make

Why do you have a problem? I'm asking seriously. And I'm also curious. Anyone that I invite into my home - an electrician, the UPS man, a plumber, etc. will find nothing to incriminate me or my family being terrorists.

I agree. Only those who have something to hide should be afraid of being searched at any time by marginally trained pseudo-police.

Anyone that I invite into my home - an electrician, the UPS man, a plumber, etc. will find nothing to incriminate me or my family being terrorists.

Consider the Clinton's having the power of Operation TIPS.
Consider that once you open your door for snoopy repairmen over terrorism, will it necessarily end there?
Just because you have nothing to hide... does that mean that someone might not mention that you had a copy of the Koran (for research) and the latest issue of Guns and Ammo on your end table?
And consider this... raw, unvetted FBI files.

Outstanding to hear that you are not terrorists.

Neither are we.

But perhaps your neighbor doesn't like you and decides to mention that you behave 'suspiciously.' Then there COULD be a no-warrant search. You could be apprehended and jailed until some bureaucrat finally buys your protestations of innocence.

But if you think that's a short and simple process, try dealing with the OTHER big bureaucracy--the IRS.

Based on IRS' track record at expeditious work, you may have great-grandchildren LONG before you exit custody.