Leaked U.S. Terrorist Watchlist Rulebook Reveals "Global Stop and Frisk Program"

[newflesh]

http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/leaked-us-terrorist-watchlist-rulebook-reveals-global-stop-and-frisk-program?page=0%2C0

In an interview with Democracy Now!, investigative reporters Jeremy Scahill and Ryan Devereaux of The Intercept spoke about obtaining a leaked copy of a government guidebook, indicating that the Obama administration’s expansion of the national terrorist watchlist system. According to the book, "irrefutable evidence or concrete facts are not necessary" to be deemed a "terrorist" target.

“What we have here is tantamount to a system that’s sort of like a global stop-and-frisk program,” Scahill explains, “because the standard for putting people on a list where they are going to be designated as known or suspected terrorists—the acronym is KST; you’re a KST, a known or suspected terrorist—and there’s no way of determining, if you’re a law enforcement official and you get this information, whether there’s actual evidence against someone to suggest that they’re involved with a terror plot or their phone number popped up in the phone of someone who is suspected of potentially being a terror suspect.”

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You can watch the interview here: http://www.democracynow.org/2014/7/29/jeremy_scahill_leaked_us_terrorist_watchlist

[Chef Ramsay]

Nothing really surprises me anymore in what this government does in this so-called war on terror. It's like they're not even taking it seriously or making a mockery of it. Expanding their data bases is all they seem to care about but then of course, the needle in the haystack becomes that much more obscure and unlikely of detecting.

[Tusk]

chickens come home to roost

[bitsmichel]

Nothing really surprises me anymore in what this government does in this so-called war on terror. It's like they're not even taking it seriously or making a mockery of it. Expanding their data bases is all they seem to care about but then of course, the needle in the haystack becomes that much more obscure and unlikely of detecting.

The war on terror basically means war on the people, anyone who disagrees or is disliked is a terrorist. Everyone is in the terror database, I mean this is just a supplement to the mass surveillance database that has data on the private lives of billions of people.

[pungopete468]

They don't care about terrorism. They needed a boogie man to build the infrastructure that will be used to suppress you within the next 20 years...

If we don't shut these programs down while we still can then all we're doing is conceding the defeat of liberty and natural human rights. The staircase is built one step at a time, and this one leads straight to Hell on Earth...

[spazzdla]

Nothing really surprises me anymore in what this government does in this so-called war on terror. It's like they're not even taking it seriously or making a mockery of it. Expanding their data bases is all they seem to care about but then of course, the needle in the haystack becomes that much more obscure and unlikely of detecting.

A "war" on terror.. lol what a joke of a statment.

[spazzdla]

They don't care about terrorism. They needed a boogie man to build the infrastructure that will be used to suppress you within the next 20 years...

If we don't shut these programs down while we still can then all we're doing is conceding the defeat of liberty and natural human rights. The staircase is built one step at a time, and this one leads straight to Hell on Earth...

I wish more people knew this truth.

[freedomno1]

“What we have here is tantamount to a system that’s sort of like a global stop-and-frisk program,” Scahill explains, “because the standard for putting people on a list where they are going to be designated as known or suspected terrorists—the acronym is KST; you’re a KST, a known or suspected terrorist—and there’s no way of determining, if you’re a law enforcement official and you get this information, whether there’s actual evidence against someone to suggest that they’re involved with a terror plot or their phone number popped up in the phone of someone who is suspected of potentially being a terror suspect"

What I get from this and the other classified documents wikileaks released is that there is a  monster called the government thinking it is over and above the common citizens and all people in it.
Unless you work inside those agencies then your just a cog in the machine there is no one around to take responsibility for their actions and strategies.

[Mobius]

Nothing really surprises me anymore in what this government does in this so-called war on terror. It's like they're not even taking it seriously or making a mockery of it. Expanding their data bases is all they seem to care about but then of course, the needle in the haystack becomes that much more obscure and unlikely of detecting.

I think they are going about the war on terror the wrong way. The government seems to think that the answer to stopping terrorism is big data, but this is not the case. The answer to the war on terror is "old fashion" boots on the ground investigations and eyes/ears on the ground. Law enforcement needs the proper channels to communicate with each-other, but other then that large amounts of information is not necessary. 

[newflesh]

Nothing really surprises me anymore in what this government does in this so-called war on terror. It's like they're not even taking it seriously or making a mockery of it. Expanding their data bases is all they seem to care about but then of course, the needle in the haystack becomes that much more obscure and unlikely of detecting.

I think they are going about the war on terror the wrong way. The government seems to think that the answer to stopping terrorism is big data, but this is not the case. The answer to the war on terror is "old fashion" boots on the ground investigations and eyes/ears on the ground. Law enforcement needs the proper channels to communicate with each-other, but other then that large amounts of information is not necessary. 

The problem is that the government wants all of our information (not just the 'bad' guys), the 'war on terror' is just an excuse for creating their global surveillance system. The Snowden files have already shown that one of their main goals is to conduct corporate and political espionage whilst also tracking our every move to pre-emptively squash any form of social movements / revolutions etc like OWS.

[Honeypot]

OWS didn't need anyone's help getting squashed. They has the media and social network working forthem at the beginning, then managed to alienated them all thanks to their fucking idiotic behavior.

Who needs 'da man' to screw your plans? You are doing a fine job on your own.


For one I am glad they are taking security seriously for a change.

[newflesh]

OWS didn't need anyone's help getting squashed. They has the media and social network working forthem at the beginning, then managed to alienated them all thanks to their fucking idiotic behavior.

Who needs 'da man' to screw your plans? You are doing a fine job on your own.


For one I am glad they are taking security seriously for a change.

It's actually the complete opposite, OWS was ignored by most of MSM at the beginning. Whether you agree with their views or not, don't you think that US gov powers are getting out of control?