Terrorism Watch Lists

Mass Jailings Planned During the Red Scare

Another reason to oppose the “eco-terrorism” rhetoric, and “Homegrown Terrorism” legislation, is that it eerily paves the way for things like this. I started using the analogy between the Red Scare and Green Scare simply to make a larger point, and it has been truly frightening to see the specific similarities between the two, right […]

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Toddler Terrorist

This baby was detained by TSA for being on a terrorist watch list. Maybe it was for seeing that “soft-core eco-terrorism” movie, Hoot.

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A Bigger Big Brother

Big Brother isn’t just watching. He’s making biometric databases, recruiting firefighters and redefining “privacy.” There’s been a lot going on in terms of government surveillance and privacy concerns. Here’s a few highlights: Do you look like a terrorist? The FBI is spending $1 billion create the biggest biometric database in the world. That means the […]

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Airline Passenger Screening Doesn’t Seem to Apply if You’re Perty

The War on Terrorism is no match for Miss Universe. She’s able to board a plane without her ID, just a sash. I feel so, so safe right now. Courtesy of Boing Boing:

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Are There “Eco-terrorists” in the Classroom?

Yet more damning evidence came out this week that the federal government is using the War on Terrorism for sweeping surveillance based on mysterious terrorist databases. The FBI has worked with the Education Department for the past five years to sift through millions of student financial aid records as part of “Project Strike Back, the […]

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Know Your Rights

Singing along to “London Calling” by The Clash got a passenger yanked from an airplane in northern England and interrogated by anti-terrorism detectives today. A cabbie called the police because Harraj Mann, 24, was singing along to “Now war is declared — and battle come down.” Suspicious lyrics? Maybe. But Mann had plugged his MP3 […]

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