Are you a terrorist?

[Capt Worley PE]

You might not think so, but the government does.

http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2012/10/u-s-military-may-consider-you-a-potential-terrorist-if-you-are-young-use-social-media-or-question-mainstream-ideologies.html

Why does this matter? We're still in an official state of emergency from 9/11 (http://news.antiwar.com/2013/09/11/obama-renews-911-state-of-emergency/) and that grants the government all sorts of powers.

 

[roadwreck]

yes

:Chris:

 

[wilheldp_PE]

Me too. This is what normal people were scared of when they read all the "domestic terrorist" stuff in the original Patriot Act. And China is just further along the same train tracks that we are now on with their prosecution/execution of people that dare speak out about the government.

 

[csb]

Are we still at orange?

 

[Capt Worley PE]

Meanwhile, back in August of 1975....

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1356&dat=19750818&id=gvsjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hQUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5383,3216409

 

[Capt Worley PE]

WASHINGTON — Since 2010, the National Security Agency has been exploiting its huge collections of data to create sophisticated graphs of some Americans’ social connections that can identify their associates, their locations at certain times, their traveling companions and other personal information, according to newly disclosed documents and interviews with officials.

The spy agency began allowing the analysis of phone call and e-mail logs in November 2010 to examine Americans’ networks of associations for foreign intelligence purposes after N.S.A. officials lifted restrictions on the practice, according to documents provided by Edward J. Snowden, the former N.S.A. contractor.

The agency can augment the communications data with material from public, commercial and other sources, including bank codes, insurance information, Facebook profiles, passenger manifests, voter registration rolls and GPS location information, as well as property records and unspecified tax data, according to the documents. They do not indicate any restrictions on the use of such “enrichment” data, and several former senior Obama administration officials said the agency drew on it for both Americans and foreigners.

Much more: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/29/us/nsa-examines-social-networks-of-us-citizens.html?_r=0

 

[envirotex]

The state of Texas apparently thinks that all engineers are terrorists beginning with your 2014 renewal...