Just Forgetaboutit. We Don't Need No Watch Lists

ACLU at it again.

Hey folks,

That's right, the All Condescending Losers Union, ACLU, is now getting involved in our National Security. Former FBI agent Mike German, is now a "Terrorism Expert" with them. Well, he said that using the Terrorist Screening Database (TSDB) of 400,000-plus names to screen Airline Passengers was not realistic, and added that it was “fundamentally ridiculous” to think the list was not flawed.

OK. So? What would he suppose we do? Drop it? He also made this statement.

“Putting 1.1 million people on a no-fly list when the evidence for putting them on there is in question, I think, isn’t the answer – it’s completely re-doing that list so that it only focuses on known terrorists,” he said. “There shouldn’t be anybody on that list who the FBI is not currently, and the other agencies, currently hunting down.”

There is one fundamental problem with this argument. Many problems, but the biggest one is this. According to Timothy J. Healy, director of the Justice Department’s Terrorist Screening Center, “the terrorist watch list is made up of approximately 400,000 people, ranging from suicide bombers to financiers. A small portion of the list is exported to TSA [the Transportation Security Administration] to create the No Fly list. In order to be placed on a No Fly list, a known or suspected terrorist must present a threat to civil aviation or national security.”

“Consequently, the No Fly list is a very small subset of the terrorist watch list,” Healy told the Senate Homeland Security Committee on Dec. 9. “It contains approximately 3,400 people. Of those, approximately 170 are U.S. citizens,”

Thus, the 3,400 people on the No Fly list represent less than 1 percent, or 0.85 percent, of the 400,000 people on the full “Terrorist Watchlist.”

So Mike German is complaining about 170 people? No. He is complaining about the entire list. He most likely thinks is "Racist" due to the fact that most are Muslims. But the problem, the near tragic Bombing attempt, was not a failure of the List, it was a failure of those that are supposed to be checking it. He argues that there are mistakes on it. Well, of course there is. There are mistakes in the DMV, SS, Everyday life. Humans are far from perfect creatures. He points out that these mistakes Prohibit peoples "Right To Fly."

"Right to Fly?" Where did we get that one? NO ONE has a RIGHT to fly. If you have given a reason to suspect that you may attempt to harm or KILL other passengers, I would rather you be kept off the Plane. I'm sure the other passengers feel the same.

This guy is one of the reasons that the little old ladies are being stopped and patted down, while the possible Muslim Terrorists are getting on the plane with a bombs in their underwear. They are the reason that YOU have to show up at the Airport THREE HOURS before a 45 minute flight. Completely asinine.

There is nothing wrong with profiling. NOTHING. If a Samurai robs a bank, the Police better be looking at the Japanese guy walking down the street a mile away. If a Black guy broke into a home, they better not be out stopping little Jenny riding her bike to get ice cream. PC, AKA Political Correctness, HINDERS true Safety and Security. Now the ACLU wants to bring PC to our National Security Front?

This guy might be up for our IWA this week. He actually said this.

“There shouldn’t be somebody sitting on the list who we’re saying is a terrorist – and perhaps denying their right to fly – and nobody’s actually looking for them,” he said.

Just because you are on the list, does not mean that you ARE a Terrorist. It means you MAY BE. That is why it is called a WATCH LIST. If, oh, I don't know, someones FATHER tells authorities that his Son is going to blow up a Plane, we have PROOF he was training with known Terrorists, comes to the Airport, no luggage, buys a one way ticket with cash? Yeah. He hasn't actually done anything yet, which means he is not a Terrorist YET, but he should be on SOMEONES list SOMEWHERE. You think? Right before 9-11, NO ONE broke a law, nor did they commit an act to label them Terrorists, yet 3000 Americans died.

Let's try this. I go around telling people that I hate YOU. I talk about how I am going to break into YOUR home. Rape YOUR Daughter and Wife. Kill your dog. Flush your Goldfish down the Toilet, and torture you to death. I go out a buy duck tape, knives, guns, {All legal} and even start drawing a diagram of YOUR House. I have not broken any laws yet. Therefore, I'm not a criminal yet. So I guess, according to Mike German, I should not be on any lists. I should not be a person of interest, Another Peter may end up being watched because of me, and that would be wrong. So we better leave ALL the Peters alone? After all, I am innocent until proven Guilty. Right? If I do nothing, then I AM innocent. Right? However, if they DO decide to watch me, then, not to offend any Peters, the Police had better start stopping ALL the people buying Duck Tape. All those Jens, Jans, Pauls, Stevens, ETC. We can not possibly signal out a White Male, 231 pounds, Light Brown hair, Brown Eyes, who has a scare on his Left index finger. No. No. You better be stopping and questioning the 411 90 pound Black Chick. While you do that, I'll just walk by and attempt to carry out my plans.

Yeah I know. That is ridiculous. But that IS what we are doing with our National Security right now. People like Mike German, and the All Condescending Losers Union, want to make it even worse. They now do not even want you WATCHED. Got to love PC.
Peter

Sources:
CNS NEWS - ACLU Official Says It Is Not Realistic to Screen Air Passengers Against the Full Terrorist Watchlist Tuesday, January 12, 2010 By Matt Cover, Staff Writer