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Govt: 1 in 300 US Residents Are Terrorists

aclu.org — The figures are extrapolated from a September 2007 report by the Inspector General of the Department of Justice, which reported that the Terrorist Screening Center had over 700,000 names in its database as of April 2007, and that the list was growing by an average of over 20,000 records per month.

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  • foolawrence, on 03/14/2008, -62/+10they really crappy terrorist if nobody notice terrorism
    • sanman, on 03/14/2008, -50/+4funny thing is that people are always clamoring to get into a country they'll badmouth for its terrorism policy
      • l33tspam, on 03/14/2008, -2/+32Funny thing is how people assume that the ones badmouthing our terrorism policy are the ones clamoring to get into America...

        Don't assume every one in a country has the same opinion.
      • capiCrimm, on 03/14/2008, -2/+15funny thing is people are always complaining about the oil prices when they buy gas.

        Obviously, this is proof gas should be more expensive.

      • Jonno549, on 03/14/2008, -2/+0hahahaha not me, I just desperately don't want my country to become like America in this regard.
      • ThndrShk2k, on 03/14/2008, -1/+1Funny thing is people who say how funny a thing is when they are not really funny themselves, but only a bit odd in presentation, enough to make someone notice that something is not right.

        This of course means that you've just been Meta-meme'd
    • roberto_deneero, on 03/14/2008, -3/+20dude, take engrish much?
      • foolawrence, on 03/14/2008, -9/+1Actually, my Chinglish is perfect, thank you very much. And it's as much the Queen's English as is American English.
        • DangerMouse9, on 03/14/2008, -0/+2There was never a debate if it was the Queen's Chingrish or American Chingrish, the comment was several words appeared to be missing from your original post.
        • rilus, on 03/14/2008, -0/+1I dugg DangerMouse9 for misspellifications in his post
        • foolawrence, on 03/14/2008, -0/+0Do you have any idea how stupid you look when you make grammatical mistakes while you're criticizing another poster for his intentionally poor grammar?
    • bryceman111, on 03/14/2008, -5/+11you really crappy speller if nobody notice YOU SUCK
      • divrekku, on 03/14/2008, -0/+2whoa so...many... gramatical.... errors.
    • robthom, on 03/14/2008, -0/+4Can American Terrorist Idol be far behind?
      • DangerMouse9, on 03/14/2008, -0/+1don't give Fox any ideas. I can see the trailer now "One of these lucky terrorist will be giving a deal to blow up a symbolic staple of American life, you will decide who that winner will be.... on the next... American Terrorist Idol."
        • Inquisition, on 03/14/2008, -0/+1Don't look now, you've just made the list!
    • OCSmoke, on 03/15/2008, -0/+1it really crappy comment if nobody understand wtf?
  • macwisdom, on 03/14/2008, -17/+287Yep! Tha'st right! And you know what ?? They work for the US government, the military industrial complex, an the media!
    • coyote1284, on 03/14/2008, -46/+9Aluminum-foil hats actually amplify the goverment's mind-control waves.
      • NighthawkBlack, on 03/14/2008, -6/+40Ignorant yuppies actually amplify the destruction of our liberty and freedom. Keep drinking the kool-aid brotha, the government LOVES you.
        • redxxx, on 03/14/2008, -4/+1uhh... so you don't like the government, and are therefor a conservative because you want smaller government with less control over the public?

          Or... you want a socially progressive government with more power but an agenda you, for the moment at least agree with?

          ohh... you are just spouting random anti-establishment garbage, and people here are stupid enough to buy into it? Ron Paul '08!
      • omgTHEPATRIOTS, on 03/14/2008, -17/+5thats tinfoil you dumbass
        • evil-doer, on 03/14/2008, -2/+8tin foil hasnt been available for almost 100 years. whos the dumbass? its been aluminum for a LOOOOONG time
          • amirman, on 03/14/2008, -3/+2you don't know anything! aluminum doesn't block the NSA's brain taps. you have to have gin-u-wine tin foil to block that *****!
          • ThndrShk2k, on 03/14/2008, -0/+7I make a copper mesh frame (to block out EMI) and wrap the inner layer in tin-foil (with lead!) and the outer layer in colored aluminum foil. I then soak it in paste and put paper on the outside. Paint it red white and blue with lead based paint, and cover it with various fabrics, felt on the inside, and felt and leather on the outside.

            It weighs about a pound or two, but nobody is getting my brainmeats.
    • omgTHEPATRIOTS, on 03/14/2008, -8/+5zing!

      good one. but I'm a terrorist too apparently because I sell a t-shirt line called 'Terrorwear' - same with everyone who buys them!
      http://whoisterrorizing.us?
    • btalex1990, on 03/14/2008, -19/+2((((((((((((((Digg moderators tried to censor me)))))))))))))

      Hey god and Jesus must be on that list and me too, why cause God wants to stop Satan.

      So I must a terrorist against Satan and since Satan controls the CIA/US/UN so I and all peaceful god followers must be on that list as well.

      Oh well god and Jesus will rapture me and the true followers of god before the police kill us and followers.

      Comeon police you can get me, I have no weapons and am Unarmed. I am peaceful too and won't fight back. I won't fight against this government, I won't become a demon. I won't be evil.

      and if u kill me u r hurting urself, cause when u murder or harm another u are hurting urself.

      we all need our life reviews.
      • robthom, on 03/14/2008, -0/+4We get the point. But dugg down for excessive "U" and "R".
        Whiteguy ebonics is a bigger threat to our quality of life than al queda IMO.
      • ThndrShk2k, on 03/14/2008, -0/+2All it takes for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing
        Resisting an oppressor is not being evil. Being violent is not being evil. Being evil is unjust hate, unjust action. To think of an entity with malice in vain is nothing short of sinful.
        Being just in your opinions and trying to resolve situations first by peaceful means is just, if it may come to it, resorting to action against such an entity as a last resort is also a just thing to do. To offer yourself to the den of lions with no plan of action, nor no significance (Internet, many people in the world. You are not popular enough to be known.)

        Also, using U and R is lame. As well as preaching that kind of ***** you are. You either lead, follow, or get out of the way. Currently you're choosing the third option.
    • readerz, on 03/14/2008, -0/+1you rock!
    • AndreiOttawa, on 03/14/2008, -0/+4People: 4 out of 5 government officials are corrupt crooks...
    • JurisAnonimus, on 03/14/2008, -1/+0Actually, the article does not follow the premise set forth in the title, you have been conned, and you bought it hook line and sinker. Better to just hate america based upon a knee jerk reaction than to bother to read the story? Reactionaries are easy to manipulate.
  • ubernoggin, on 03/14/2008, -3/+208I'm a terrorist. Don't tell anyone.
    • Tomboys, on 03/14/2008, -1/+132The sad thing is that just by making a jke like that they will probably add you to the list.
      • theaceoffire, on 03/14/2008, -0/+24Its not sad, its glorious. How dare you have a non-positive opinion to being labeled a criminal in your own country! Are YOU a terrorist?
      • Hangly, on 03/14/2008, -0/+30If everyone is on the list the list becomes worthless.
        • Nevarius, on 03/14/2008, -1/+19or a neo-con's wet dream... if everyone was on the list we would be living under a police state.
          • Hangly, on 03/14/2008, -1/+16We do live in a police state.
            Or have you been in a coma for the last 10 years?
          • blast_flame, on 03/14/2008, -0/+7Nearly true. The neocon dream is that everyone except themselves and people they like is put on the list.
          • Nevarius, on 03/14/2008, -1/+2Wouldn't say we are in a police state yet, but can easily slide into one atm.
      • mesasone, on 03/14/2008, -1/+30Don't kid yourself, that's just a list of everybody who visited Ron Paul's website.
        • Gabberwok, on 03/14/2008, -4/+6 The government's only worry about Ron Paul supporters is that they might go after our nation's supply of gold and blimps.
          • Hangly, on 03/14/2008, -4/+1Blimp!
          • ThndrShk2k, on 03/14/2008, -1/+5Or even make blimps out of gold! Out zepplin army will be so valuable that no one would dare try to blow it out of the sky, let alone be able to with it's gold foritfied skeleton!

            Or, you know. Be afraid of sensable economic policy will ruin their chances of making profit from inflation and deficit
      • wordglue, on 03/14/2008, -0/+4am i added to the list for digging him up? whoopeeee, rainbows, our government has become mentally challenged! (no offense intended towards the mentally challenged)
    • SirNoobius, on 03/14/2008, -0/+24dude you're getting arrested
      http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080313-thre ...
      • MacEnvy, on 03/14/2008, -4/+8I work at Colgate, and I'm also an alum. That kid deserved at least as bad as what he got - which was a misdemeanor charge. All of us who had to go into work the next day kept looking over our shoulders, and it sucks to be anxious like that, regardless of whether it's a "joke" or the real deal. He cost us many thousands of dollars worth of state and local resources, not to mention inconveniencing in one way or another a few thousand people who had to deal with the increased security the next day. ***** that kid.
    • bxblox, on 03/14/2008, -3/+75Dear ubernoggin,

      Thank you for your honesty, but we're going to waterboard you just to make sure.

      Sincerely,
      FBI
      • jjmckay, on 03/14/2008, -0/+5I've contacted the FBI to tell them you are posing as an officer. They might waterboard you and put you on the 'watch list' too. Just kidding.
        • ThndrShk2k, on 03/14/2008, -0/+5I contacted the CIA, as only a foreign terrorist would suspect someone claiming to be an FBI agent to actually be an US civilian. Have fun at the waterboarding.
          • jjmckay, on 03/15/2008, -0/+3I bet my FBI guy can beat up your CIA guy.
        • norcalscan, on 03/14/2008, -0/+7I contacted my mom, because I was afraid I was going to get waterboarded too, and she made me turn the computer off. I think she's baking some cookies now...
    • slowmo, on 03/14/2008, -3/+37tHE U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) defined terrorism as: “The calculated use of unlawful violence or threat of unlawful violence to inculcate fear; intended to coerce or to intimidate governments or societies in the pursuit of goals that are generally political, religious, or ideological.”

      By definition, here is an example of terrorism; "I'm going to waterboard your ass if you don't do what I say."
      • sumrandommember, on 03/14/2008, -1/+45By that definition our founding fathers were terrorists.
        • dood, on 03/14/2008, -0/+33The last thing our government wants now is to have a bunch of revolutionaries who would go on to be called "founding fathers".
          • slowmo, on 03/14/2008, -0/+1Well in this day and age it would have to be "Founding Fathers and Mothers", now, wouldn't it?
        • Jlaugh, on 03/14/2008, -0/+18They would be on the watch list for sure.
        • MrsJay, on 03/14/2008, -0/+9As is our current POTUS.
        • zaknick, on 03/14/2008, -0/+2***** el, I love you America... thanks for making your voices heard...people everywhere need to know we are not evil
        • Pritchard, on 03/14/2008, -0/+13Yes. They were. The King of Britain and many others considered them terrorists. Isn't that interesting?

          "okay well our government's evil. let's do something about it."

          "Sorry! I don't think I want to. It's been made illegal to have hopes and dreams."

          "oh... well never mind then. away to the sweatshop i go!"
      • waco616, on 03/14/2008, -0/+2"unlawful violence"... In what jurisdiction must my violence be lawful in order to exempt me from being a terrorist?
      • mistafreeze, on 03/14/2008, -0/+1Well waco, in the US waterboarding is legal, so you would have to do something worse.

        Maybe gasolineboarding.
    • ilikesboobs, on 03/14/2008, -1/+4Reported to the Female Body Inspector. You are in big trouble mister!
    • arplayer2k, on 03/14/2008, -1/+20WTF are the qualifications to become a terrorist? Brown/olive skin, beard, pray to Allah, and on a less racial scale, talk against corrupt government: Bush, Cheney, and those related or in coercion with?

      BTW - we just had a anit-war demonstration at our school yesterday. Hopefully you got all those names added too. You can come down to my mosque, and we'll pose for you *****.
      • soulkitchen, on 03/14/2008, -0/+9Who are you kidding, they've already got pictures of you.
      • mesasone, on 03/14/2008, -1/+11Be careful what you wish for, it often seems that we are spiraling towards a new age of McCarthyism.
        • ShadowMerchant, on 03/14/2008, -3/+1McCarthy was right. Google "Venona." I differ with his methods but not his goals.
        • smurfsahoy, on 03/14/2008, -0/+1Uh, no. Yes, there were spies... in intelligence agencies and diplomatic circles, like pretty much all spies. Not hanging out at your local community college. We are talking more like one or two hundred people, here.
      • zaknick, on 03/14/2008, -0/+1ain't that the truth
      • arplayer2k, on 03/14/2008, -0/+2You are right. I'm sorry for saying ***** you government. I promise.
    • tyywebb, on 03/14/2008, -0/+7Did someone say 300? I heard the Persians are terrorists.
    • Frnnkdlxx, on 03/14/2008, -5/+22So it's agreed that the war on terror is a sham??

      oh, and btw - 9/11?

      *whispers* "inside job"
    • wiretapped, on 03/14/2008, -1/+4The more people who pretend to be terrorists the more resources are drained away for monitoring the real terrorists.

      Maybe the 20,000 folks a month added to the records are decoy's to use up NSA database space, so they need to keep buying more servers to store pretend terrorists on.

      In the mean time the real terrorists fly under the radar, while the decoy's keep NSA search bots busy at another side of the internet.

      all the best,

      wiretapped
      • smurfsahoy, on 03/14/2008, -0/+2The NSA has developed new robots that are especially quick at navigating the internet's system of tubes. This strategy will fail!
    • orangekid13, on 03/14/2008, -1/+2congratulations, you'll never board a commercial flight as long as you live
    • SC4RP, on 03/14/2008, -0/+1Sounds like the IRS to me.
  • Skitzzo, on 03/14/2008, -13/+53It's an interesting article although the title of the submission is slightly misleading. 1 in 300 are on the terrorist watch list and that's assuming the numbers continued to grow at the same rate as they were last year. I think the bigger point to be made here is how horribly bloated this list is, making it ineffective, not that the government somehow considers 1 in 300 residents to be terrorists.
    • KSUdesigner, on 03/14/2008, -4/+9The article also does not state that the names in this database are necessarily residents of the United States, and I'd venture to guess that many of them are not.
      • kolobcreek, on 03/14/2008, -2/+7I would venture to say the majority of them are not. The article makes no reference to the watch list being only US Citizens. That a pretty big assumption that the poster makes. If I was going to make an assumption about this I would say that poster's personal biases cloud his judgment.
      • Chassit, on 03/14/2008, -0/+1I felt that the article implied that many people on the list were not US citizens.
    • byrdgang, on 03/14/2008, -7/+3Why would you be on the terrorist watch list if you are not, according to the government, a terrorist? The Digg title is largely accurate with the exception of the residents part. Saddam Hussein, as far as I know, was never a US resident.
      • KSUdesigner, on 03/14/2008, -0/+6"1 in 300" is directly tied to these people being residents of the U.S., therefore the only accurate part of the title is: "Govt: Are Terrorists." Yep, sounds accurate to me.
      • Mardala, on 03/14/2008, -0/+7Randi Rhodes is the terrorist watch list. Senator Ted Kennedy was notified he is on the terrorist watch list. If you are outspoken publicy, or involved with any group in any way, like PETA or Earth First you will be on the terror watch list. So yes its probably not that hard to get on the terrorist watch list.
        • MacEnvy, on 03/14/2008, -0/+4To be fair, there actually are terrorists in Earth First. Eco-terrorists, but still. They spike trees (which ends up severely injuring loggers), destroy public and private infrastructure, etc, to push a political message.

          PETA aren't really terrorists though, they're just annoying.
    • OldGuyFox, on 03/14/2008, -2/+8Are you going to make excuses and defend the government's actions all the way to the gas chamber?
      • Picaroon, on 03/14/2008, -9/+1Are you going to be paranoid all the way to the (early) grave?
    • dusanmal, on 03/14/2008, -6/+1Also there are problems with their "wrongly accused" list... Some of the cases are lesser known, but I'll underline the popular
      Cat Stevens/Yusuf Islam. Everyone immediately assumes wrong accusation of the apparently mild-mannered singer:

      "Yusuf Islam, a singer and pop star formerly known as Cat Stevens. Author of song "Peace Train." His flight from London was diverted and forced to land in Maine once the government realized he was aboard, and he was barred from entering United States."

      However, at the time when this incident happened not only that the Govt. explained what he did (buried by the left-loving press on page 300+),
      but I listened to him personally replying to the charge on the radio interview. In his own words, he donated a large sum of money to the Hamas.
      (I forgot the exact number but to the best of my memory it was 1 or 3 million dollars!). He said that he considers Hamas
      to be a humanitarian organization. Well, for my own safety I want people who pour millions to the Hamas and similar
      organizations and who think those are humanitarian organizations to be labeled as terror-suspects and not let into any civilized country.

      So thumbs up for the Govt. not falling for mild-mannered-singer-terror-financier celebrity and kicking him out.
      • kilcock, on 03/14/2008, -0/+3The original refusal of Yusuf Islam originally known as Cat Stevens before his conversion to Islam into the United States was later categorized as an unfortunate incident as a direct result of the name being confused with the name "Youssef Islam". He was allowed into the States twice in 2006 without further incident.
        These errors are typical of the fumbling bureacracy and ineptitude in the creation, management and subsequent maintenance of this terrorist list very similar to the fly watch list which is based on first and last name only.
      • ShadowMerchant, on 03/14/2008, -3/+1I'll go you one better, and say that I want my government to hunt down anyone who donates money to Hamas, and hang their intestines from a fence post without benefit of trial.
    • Pritchard, on 03/14/2008, -0/+6A large size does NOT make the list ineffective. There have been plans and in fact, executed plans, all throughout history to simply round up everyone on these lists. You don't have to act through the Federal Government. You can act through local police working with someone higher up. It only takes a few weeks or days (depending on where you live) to round up hundreds of thousands of people.

      It can happen, and it's been planned before, even in the USA:

      "Hoover maintained a list of 12,000 Americans suspected of disloyalty with the intention of detaining them and to do so by suspending the writ of habeas corpus. Hoover submitted his plan to President Harry Truman at the outbreak of the Korean War, but there is no evidence that Truman accepted the plan."

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Edgar_Hoover
    • robthom, on 03/14/2008, -0/+2I'll bet most of the people on the list are taxpayers. Thats how they track you, through your SS# and electronic/paper trail.
    • unravelled, on 03/14/2008, -0/+1I bet the list of jews was "bloated" too. PUN NOT INTENDED
  • FameMoney, on 03/14/2008, -22/+6300 ...magical number ...this is SPARTA !!!
  • dudad, on 03/14/2008, -28/+5Let's say Ron Paul could take just 1% of the vote in all states. But all of his supporters could account for these "terrorists".
  • mcla0181, on 03/14/2008, -8/+192When people fear their government, it is tyranny. When people fear each other, it is anarchy.
    When a government fears its people, it is a good government.
    • christopheles, on 03/14/2008, -3/+19Dude! They should put that line in a movie or something!
      • ConceptualTrap, on 03/14/2008, -2/+10Why put it in a movie? Why not a ***** book?!
        http://tiny.cc/rwMtO
        If you're going to make a joke, you might as well go for the source material =P
        • christopheles, on 03/14/2008, -5/+2Well sir, the movie is more popular. And as a person who read the book years ago, I couldn't remember if the line originated in the book. Also people who use emoticons are mentally deficient.
      • SC4RP, on 03/14/2008, -0/+1Who cares where he got it. It is the the truth!
    • NightVortez, on 03/14/2008, -0/+31Kind of a misquote...

      "When the government fears the people, there is liberty; when the people fear the government, there is tyranny." -Thomas Jefferson

      Wait, you were quoting V for Vendetta?
    • mal1964, on 03/14/2008, -1/+1Who's afraid?
    • satyarth, on 03/14/2008, -1/+1Like the French government?(SiCKO)
  • LordSkywalker, on 03/14/2008, -2/+56Whadda ya know? My town of 40,000 residents must be a secret terrorist cell.
    • omgTHEPATRIOTS, on 03/14/2008, -0/+6Boulder Colorado?!
    • blackjack75, on 03/14/2008, -0/+2Did you happen to see a group of 133.3 supiscioulsy-looking young men with bombs at your latest town meeting?
      • surKaz, on 03/14/2008, -0/+1.3 people?.... Hmm..
        • krische, on 03/14/2008, -0/+2I think his bomb went off, so there only .3 of him left.
  • swordedge, on 03/14/2008, -5/+19And I have some beach front property to sell you.
    • ieataquacrayons, on 03/14/2008, -0/+3Pfff, I have a bridge in Brooklyn.....
      • forgiste, on 03/14/2008, -3/+2There aint no bridges in New York... I said There aint no bridges in New York!
    • carpespasm, on 03/14/2008, -0/+2Well I have a private tropical Island in Idaho up for sale.
    • understudy, on 03/14/2008, -1/+4Anyone wanna go in half on the tropical island in Idaho?

      _
      • soulkitchen, on 03/14/2008, -1/+2I'll have to sell my timeshare on the moon but I'm in.
        • kida001, on 03/14/2008, -1/+2I will take your offer for the moon timeshare.
          • soulkitchen, on 03/15/2008, -0/+1Cool, I never use it anyways, with fuel prices as high as they are.
  • daFilms, on 03/14/2008, -1/+68Everyone is a suspect!

    ...U.S. Sen. Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy said yesterday that he was stopped and questioned at airports on the East Coast five times in March because his name appeared on the government's secret "no-fly" list...via http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A170 ...

    What happens to 'terrorists' ... Taxi to the Dark Side.
    http://digg.com/movies/Taxi_to_the_Dark_Side_2007
    • glosta, on 03/14/2008, -8/+2Maybe they were just concerned about Kennedy's weight ???
      • soulkitchen, on 03/14/2008, -0/+5That was soo weak. See nbyn's comment for some creativity.
    • nbyn, on 03/14/2008, -1/+3The only time Ted K is considered a terrorist is when he gets behind the wheel.
    • slaizer, on 03/14/2008, -0/+2They could be your friends. They could be your co-workers. They could be your relatives. Even your own brother can be a TERRORIST! THEY'RE EVERYWHERE! YOU CAN'T HIDE FROM THEM! EVERYONE YOU KNOW MIGHT BE A TERRORIST! YOUR BROTHER MIGHT WANT TO KILL YOU! BE AFRAID! BE VERY AFRAID!! AFRAAAAAAIIIIIDD!!

      Man, ***** this *****.
      • slaizer, on 03/14/2008, -0/+4I'd like to point out one more thing. There's 700,000 people who are suspected to be a terrorist, but still there hasn't been a single terrorist attack in the U.S in seven years?
        Oh.. right, yeah, that's because of Homeland Security. Well, I happen to have a rock here that acts as a tiger repellent. It's working real well. I mean, I don't see any tigers in the whole continent, do you?
        • soulkitchen, on 03/15/2008, -0/+1Rock beats tiger, but tiger slashes paper
    • pirategaspard, on 03/14/2008, -0/+4"...Everyone's a suspect
      Thanks Patriot Act!
      There's a Monkey in the Whitehouse!
      (what you gonna do?)
      There's a Monkey in the Whitehouse!
      Throwing poop at you!"
      http://www.thesixtyone.com/downfallroad/collection ...
      • xptoast, on 03/14/2008, -1/+1This song is not going to go over well if Obama gets elected:(
        I am not racist but others that are for sure are going to think of that. I think monkeys are just as this song portrays. Numbnuts lol.
        • pirategaspard, on 03/16/2008, -0/+1 I think if people listen to the verse lyrics they'd understand that its aimed at the current administration. Besides Obama isn't a poop thrower, or mudslinger.
  • webaddict, on 03/14/2008, -2/+139So this is proof that Homeland Security is a joke... This list is way over the top. The definition of terrorist is becoming anyone that disagrees with government policy or does not support the war mongers in office. Pathetic.
    • XXXXXXXXXXXXXX, on 03/14/2008, -14/+1rtfa.

      People disagreeing with the government aren't even mentioned on the ACLU page, *****. ACLU only wrote the article to point out that the list is poorly maintained.
    • PolishLogic, on 03/14/2008, -0/+19It's a joke that Homeland Security was created in the first place. Biggest waste of bureaucratic money I can think of.
    • rocketboot, on 03/14/2008, -0/+22Didn't this happen before, only with 'terrorism' swapped out with 'communist'? Fun times.
    • jc730, on 03/14/2008, -0/+0they want to keep turning up the pressure, if they didn't inflate the list people would be less afraid and wouldn't support the fear based policies of the police state
  • kayvman78, on 03/14/2008, -3/+25I think the terrorists are laughing at all this talk. Have we resorted to be 5 years old? This isn't red rover. honest people are going to be singled out.
    • lordgibbon, on 03/14/2008, -0/+20Correction, intelligent people will be singled out. The government fears those who question the status quo.
      • xptoast, on 03/14/2008, -0/+1Very similar to 1984. What were the more unintelligent people called in that book?
    • digindrivefast, on 03/14/2008, -0/+3My 5 year old grandson is smarter than Bush!
  • Winston84, on 03/14/2008, -5/+99You see ? Osama was right, Americans ARE terrorists !
    Oh the irony, what Osama couldn't do in a million years, kill freedom and replace it with fascism, USA does all by itself .
  • jmpeagle, on 03/14/2008, -21/+5i don't think people get the point of the 1 million or so names....The names are mostly different variation of each other due to many Arabic names have many legitimate ways of spelling them out. One person could conceivably have 20 different variations to his own name. Also, the list includes known aliases and variations there of and is not limited to United States citizens.
    • swrostmore, on 03/14/2008, -2/+12FTA:
      Robert Johnson - 60 Minutes interviewed 12 men named Robert Johnson, all of whom reported being pulled aside and interrogated, sometimes for hours, nearly every time they go to the airport.
      James Moore, author of a book critical of the Bush Administration, Bush's Brain ; problems flying.
      John William Anderson, age 6; problems flying.
      Alexandra Hay, a college student with a double major in French and English at Middlebury College in Vermont in 2004, when she joined an ACLU lawsuit due to problems she was having with the airline watch list.
      Evo Morales, president of Bolivia. Name found on list obtained by 60 Minutes .
      Gary Smith. Another name that is extremely common in the United States, found on the no-fly list by 60 Minutes.
      John Williams. Yet another common name found on the airline watch list by 60 Minutes.
      Marine Staff Sgt. Daniel Brown was blocked from flying while on his way home from an 8-month deployment in Iraq. He was listed as a suspected terrorist due to a previous incident in which gunpowder was detected on his boots, most likely a residue of a previous tour in Iraq.
      • gudnbluts, on 03/14/2008, -0/+5"John Williams. Yet another common name found on the airline watch list by 60 Minutes."

        The Jaws theme certainly scares me.
      • MacEnvy, on 03/14/2008, -0/+1One of those Robert Johnsons was my boss at the time. He was running for Congress and I was managing his campaign when he went on 60 Minutes for the interview. As much as the situation at airports sucked for him, it was great publicity for the campaign.

        Yeah, staffers gotta think about those things. We're evil.
  • Picaroon, on 03/14/2008, -1/+11Sounds like a case of the bureaucracy expanding to meet the growing needs of the bureaucracy. Make anything bloated and it'll show signs like this--there's no logic or common sense used in a lot of these cases because of red tape.
  • mrgeekguy, on 03/14/2008, -6/+15Hillary sure as hell would love to have Barack on that list.
  • MasterThief117, on 03/14/2008, -2/+62I think they are confused. I think they mean 1 in every 1 White House official is a terrorist.
  • carpespasm, on 03/14/2008, -3/+17Man, those are some lame ass terrorists if they've got that many here and they've yet to take out anything in the last 7 years.
    • GhostyBoy, on 03/14/2008, -0/+2That dude in a hoody managed to chuck a crude homemade bomb at an empty building in Times Square...that count for anything?
  • Alix7, on 03/14/2008, -13/+31 in 300 is a Muslim or from the Middle East?
  • h4mx0r, on 03/14/2008, -3/+65There's one in the white house.
    • Alix7, on 03/14/2008, -0/+16One?
    • btalex1990, on 03/14/2008, -1/+1Hey god and Jesus must be on that list and me too, why cause God wants to stop Satan.

      So I must a terrorist against Satan and since Satan controls the CIA/US/UN so I and all peaceful god followers must be on that list as well.

      Oh well god and Jesus will rapture me and the true followers of god before the police kill us and followers.

      Comeon police you can get me, I have no weapons and am Unarmed. I am peaceful too and won't fight back. I won't fight against this government, I won't become a demon. I won't be evil.

      and if u kill me u r hurting urself, cause when u murder or harm another u are hurting urself.

      we all need our life reviews.
    • pirategaspard, on 03/14/2008, -0/+2There's a Monkey in the Whitehouse - throwing poop at you!
      http://www.thesixtyone.com/downfallroad/collection ...
  • knodi, on 03/14/2008, -1/+24And this is how it starts, fall of a empire.
  • JBmtk, on 03/14/2008, -3/+37You mean 1 in 300 work for the Bush Administration
  • Mast3rDigg3r, on 03/14/2008, -0/+22soo I graduated with at least 2 terrorists? nice
    • internerd2, on 03/14/2008, -1/+0Well, you could have graduated with at least on other than yourself. How do we have proof you're not a terrorist, huh? If I were a terrorist that graduated with one of my terrorist friends and I wanted to cover it up, I would have used a comment JUST like that!
      • Mast3rDigg3r, on 03/14/2008, -0/+1I never said how many people I graduated with.
  • aimhelix, on 03/14/2008, -0/+9Holy *****, those are some of the nerdiest terrorists I ever seen in my life...
  • knodi, on 03/14/2008, -0/+11Going by these number every non US soil born person is a terrorist.
  • digitallysick, on 03/14/2008, -0/+48Really i thought we were all terrorist because they read our email, listen to our calls, and monitor our every move.
  • Diabolos, on 03/14/2008, -2/+11By far the worst statistic you could put on the internet.
    • savethehobos, on 03/14/2008, -1/+087.35% of all statistics are made up on the spot.
  • joot2112, on 03/14/2008, -0/+33Someone please tell me why Cat Stevens wasn't allowed in the U.S. If our government has enough evidence to warrant banning him from entering the country, shouldn't they let the public know, so that citizens can stop unwittingly funding a terrorist by buying his albums? Give me a ***** break -- that peace train hippy is no threat.
    • heystoopid, on 03/14/2008, -0/+4Actually it was because of a minor petty idiotic bureaucrat in TSA , who could understand the difference between "Yusuf" and "Youssef" and he was allowed to re enter the States from 2006 onwards after Colin Powell kicked the very same morons ass on instruction from Jack Straw !
    • btalex1990, on 03/14/2008, -3/+1Hey god and Jesus must be on that list and me too, why cause God wants to stop Satan.

      So I must a terrorist against Satan and since Satan controls the CIA/US/UN so I and all peaceful god followers must be on that list as well.

      Oh well god and Jesus will rapture me and the true followers of god before the police kill us and followers.

      Comeon police you can get me, I have no weapons and am Unarmed. I am peaceful too and won't fight back. I won't fight against this government, I won't become a demon. I won't be evil.

      and if u kill me u r hurting urself, cause when u murder or harm another u are hurting urself.

      we all need our life reviews.
      • Kurlumbenus, on 03/14/2008, -0/+2I have no idea what you just said, but it sure sounded stupid.
    • regeya, on 03/14/2008, -0/+1I guess you've never heard any of his current political views. Don't let his mellow tunes fool you; he's pretty radical. Allegedly he's also given money to charities that funnel money to terrorists.
      But you don't see the TSA keeping Irish-Americans (well, Ted Kennedy, at least, but I think that was a stupid politically-motivated move) from flying...if you don't get that one, you probably haven't heard of the IRA. :->
  • ThePenrod, on 03/14/2008, -2/+19Makes perfect sense when you realize a few states have placed the members of the Libertarian party on the terrorist watch list.
  • dtfinch, on 03/14/2008, -13/+1If I took the cartesian product the 700 most popular arab names, and the 1000 most popular arab surnames, I bet I'd end up with something very close to their list.
    • byrdgang, on 03/14/2008, -0/+4Yeah, because we all know Edward Kennedy, John Williams, and Loretta Sanchez are all well known Arab names.
    • JackHarkness, on 03/14/2008, -0/+2Arabs don't have "surnames". "Bin", Bint, ibn, means "son of". unlike the Irish and Scottish, O' and Mc respectively, it actually changes to reflect your parents names. Abu-(something) means father of (something/one), Abdul is not actually a name but a title.

      for those who like to read this sort of thing the wiki article is actually short and interesting
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_name
    • dtfinch, on 03/14/2008, -1/+1I didn't RTFA
  • Jenadae, on 03/14/2008, -0/+23I swear if im not on this list then its a total failure.
    • Hess10, on 03/14/2008, -0/+3you are now
    • Arcesius, on 03/14/2008, -0/+4Let's start a terrorists' support group... I'll start...
      Hi... my name's Nicolas and I'm a terrorist...
      • xptoast, on 03/14/2008, -0/+2Some how I think those meetings would be raided every week.
  • jintaehuan, on 03/14/2008, -0/+13This is turning into witch hunt/blame game
    • skektek, on 03/14/2008, -0/+1The hunt continues:
      -separatists
      -witches
      -communists
      -terrorists
  • Ratteler, on 03/14/2008, -0/+20I am Spartacus.
  • madcopper, on 03/14/2008, -1/+7Before you know will all be terrorist...
    • gofalcons, on 03/14/2008, -0/+1madcopper is right. Them thar muslims are smart, since all of them are turrists, they know that all they has to do is spit in our water and then we'll all catch the turrist virus. Before we knows it, we'll all bet turrists too! We needs the gubment to pretect us!!!!
  • NYankee2003, on 03/14/2008, -0/+4interesting names
  • Armor1901, on 03/14/2008, -2/+18What a crock of *****. The future of America is really riding on this next election.
    • roberto_deneero, on 03/14/2008, -2/+9correction: the future of America died with the past two
      • Ratteler, on 03/14/2008, -0/+2Nothings dead so long as at least one crazy bastard remembers what this country is supposed to stand for... and keeps reminding people.
        Of course it might be quicker and easier if all the crazy bastards got together.
    • TheControversy, on 03/14/2008, -6/+0Correction. America started declining when the Clinton administration disgraced the White House. President Bush has inherited the results of the Clinton's mistakes. Liberalism is rotting this country from the inside out and making it more Socialistic daily. Intollerance is not tolerated and is thought of as a hate crime? One of the ways is saying that Islam is a religion of peace. HA! yeah, right. The Qur'an says to kill all who do not accept the Muslim belief. The second largest religion is Muslim. So the number of terrorist is very high, but the ACLU?...I'll never believe the ACLU about anything.
    • uziko, on 03/14/2008, -4/+1wow your a genius
    • Kurlumbenus, on 03/14/2008, -0/+1Hi, I'm from the future. Want to know who won the election?

      A lying politician.
  • homerj1965, on 03/14/2008, -0/+22Ah the FEMA red/blue list. One persons terrorist is another persons patriot.
  • E4tH, on 03/14/2008, -1/+13wow this is paranoia, eventually it will become "everyone is a terrorist!"
    • Hangly, on 03/14/2008, -0/+1Well, we are.
    • PURPLEDRINK, on 03/14/2008, -0/+3Government should fear their people, instead of the people fearing their government, hence, the idea behind the constitution.
  • NaziHatinChimp, on 03/14/2008, -0/+6Let's get to 300 comments!
    • tyywebb, on 03/14/2008, -0/+13DIGGERS.

      TONIGHT...WE DINE...IN GUANTANAMO!!
  • eviscero, on 03/14/2008, -18/+5lol, moonbats. Buried for inaccuracy.
  • coyote1284, on 03/14/2008, -3/+5How many times is anonymous listed?
    /Yeah, I did it for the lulz
  • forgiste, on 03/14/2008, -4/+3I wonder if I'm on that list. Even more, I wonder if my pen name is on there, "Chaz Forgiste". That would be funny, especially because I'm not a threat to anyone. I would prefer a Democrat be in office, but I actually agree with their global agenda in a lot of ways.
    • roberto_deneero, on 03/14/2008, -0/+2no, but Chaz Michael Michaels IS on the list!
    • Hangly, on 03/14/2008, -0/+1C...H...A...D... how many G's in "Forgiste?"
    • bishopknight, on 03/14/2008, -0/+1Agree, I hate to admit it their global agenda makes some sense....Face it, the world is overpopulated, we've screwed this planet over and the human race is a multiplying bacteria eating everything in its path. The native american indians had it right, they didnt own the land and couldnt sell it but My european ancestors killed them, took this land and destroyed it with strip malls, mcmansions and trash dumps.

      But because I know some of the elites plans, I'm probably on their list too.

      People dont want to ride bikes, grow their own food or stop having babies. They want escalades, fastfood and 18 children. Thats why were screwed.
    • regeya, on 03/14/2008, -0/+1I wouldn't know because I'm too broke to travel by air (seriously) but I'm pretty sure I am. I made a trollish comment on a board that *may* have been threatening to the President (no more, and really a lot less, than Ann Coulter has been to John Edwards, mind, but in my case I didn't mean it) and, starting the next morning, spent a month or so where I couldn't go anywhere without there being a police cruiser within eyesight. Never got questioned or anything, but damn, it reminded me of just how far the 1st amendment gets you.
  • XXXXXXXXXXXXXX, on 03/14/2008, -19/+4Inaccurate title.
    • TheSabre, on 03/14/2008, -1/+3I don't know why you're being dugg down. The TSDB contains foreign nationals. It's not only US citizens. So, a claim like 1 in 300 is inaccurate because the 700,000 is not just limited to Americans.
      • PURPLEDRINK, on 03/14/2008, -2/+1True, But nobody cares for correction fags.
  • Metalteeth9, on 03/14/2008, -0/+14At least one person who dugg this is a terrorist! DETAIN HIM!
  • np374, on 03/14/2008, -2/+4Let see If I can start this off:

    1
  • bmc31190, on 03/14/2008, -3/+55digg me up if youre a terrorist
  • omgTHEPATRIOTS, on 03/14/2008, -1/+5Well, if I wasn't before, I am now! I love wearing my TERRORWEAR shirts!
    http://whoisterrorizing.us?
    • tronchb, on 03/14/2008, -0/+2I like.........oops that probably put me on the list
  • Vaelroth, on 03/14/2008, -1/+6[The Crucible]
    Terrorist Watch List
    [/The Crucible]

    Where is Senator McCarthy when you need him?
    • userperson, on 03/14/2008, -0/+2They should exhume him.
    • Hangly, on 03/14/2008, -0/+3The Senator is a terrorist and has no sense of decency.
  • magellan1501, on 03/14/2008, -0/+0This is so stupid, I've been terrorizing children for the past four years and I have yet to be classified as a terrorist. Now the Gov't is accrediting 1 in 300 dumb asses with the title of Terrorist, while I have been working so hard to earn it. This is stupid, give credit where credit is due.
  • nastronomical, on 03/14/2008, -10/+3Liberal inaccurate BS bury this bitch!!
    • Srcc, on 03/14/2008, -1/+4The title is inaccurate, not the story. There are lots of non resident on the list. Use some basic reasoning before crying foul.
    • Hangly, on 03/14/2008, -0/+3Ok. Bitch.
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