US terrorist database growing at rapid rate

[Chef Ramsay]

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia (AP) — The U.S. government is rapidly expanding the number of names it accepts for inclusion on its terrorist watch list, with more than 1.5 million added in the last five years, according to numbers divulged by the government in a civil lawsuit.

About 99 percent of the names submitted are accepted, leading to criticism that the government is "wildly loose" in its use of the list.

Those included in the Terrorist Screening Database could find themselves on the government's no-fly list or face additional scrutiny at airports, though only a small percentage of people in the database are actually on the list.

It has been known for years that the government became more aggressive in nominating people for the watch list following al-Qaida operative Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab's failed effort to blow up an airplane over Detroit on Christmas Day 2009.

But the numbers disclosed by the government show submissions have snowballed. In fiscal 2009, which ended Sept. 30, 2009, 227,932 names were nominated to the database. In fiscal 2010, which includes the months after the attempted Christmas bombing, nominations rose to 250,847. In fiscal 2012, they increased to 336,712, and in fiscal 2013 — the most recent year provided — nominations jumped to 468,749.

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[Benjig]

Recently word came out that the NSA was targeting individuals for deep surveillance and placing them on a watch list if they use a Linux OS like Tails or even go to websites related to it. Guess being computer savvy is a crime now and I would not be surprised if its the same list and I am on it.

[Chef Ramsay]

Recently word came out that the NSA was targeting individuals for deep surveillance and placing them on a watch list if they use a Linux OS like Tails or even go to websites related to it. Guess being computer savvy is a crime now and I would not be surprised if its the same list and I am on it.

Wouldn't surprise me in the least if they're trying to keep tabs on the tech savvy and otherwise computer-smart people as they're the ones that could put up challenges to future surveillance efforts. On some level this makes sense from their point of view but keeping tabs on conversations between grandparents and grandkids is just a plain waste of time and storage space. There really wouldn't be an uproar about their line of work if, in fact, they were focusing on those likely to do terrorism (not saying the computer folk are likely culprits) instead of everyone and their brother.

[E-valuta]

I am without a doubt on theirs and a ton of other countries watch-list. From idiotic political statements in the past to blowing the cover of 2277. But, oh well, im not flying anywhere and im sure 1 or 2 of em got my back 

[dontCAREhair]

Recently word came out that the NSA was targeting individuals for deep surveillance and placing them on a watch list if they use a Linux OS like Tails or even go to websites related to it. Guess being computer savvy is a crime now and I would not be surprised if its the same list and I am on it.

It is even more chilling that the NSA was targeting people who were using TOR and other privacy services.

[AdamSmith]

As government imposing more rules and regulation, more citizen will probably end up on the list without even knowing breaking the law.

[RedhatCAT]

As government imposing more rules and regulation, more citizen will probably end up on the list without even knowing breaking the law.

i don't think these people are breaking the law and aren't even suspected of breaking the law. The NSA just doesn't like people exercising their right to privacy