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"The Obama administration has quietly rewritten the rules on how it goes about designating Americans as terrorists, according to a new report by Glenn Greenwald’s Intercept online investigations project.
The report details how Obama has expanded the terrorist watchlist system, “authorizing a secret process that requires neither ‘concrete facts’ nor ‘irrefutable evidence’ to designate an American or foreigner as a terrorist,” according to a key government document obtained by the Intercept.
Instead of actual evidence, all the government needs is the nebulous “reasonable suspicion,” which is considered one of the lowest standards of proof in the American legal system. It’s less than “probable cause,” which is required to make an arrest...
The DHS suggests a typical woman terrorist would be a Caucasian in her late 20s or early 30s, with brunette hair, stylish clothing, high heels and a shoulder bag. A man? About the same age, short hair, wearing a shirt and slacks and familiar with technology, as he’s wearing an earpiece cellphone. Also Caucasian.
This despite the fact that nearly every major act of terrorism in the United States has been carried out by non-Christians from the Middle East or North Africa...
The consequences for people who end up on the U.S. government watchlist can be severe. 'Once the government secretly labels you a terrorist or terrorist suspect, other institutions tend to treat you as one,' Intercept reports. 'It can become difficult to get a job (or simply to stay out of jail). It can become burdensome — or impossible — to travel. And routine encounters with law enforcement can turn into ordeals.'”
https://firstlook.org/theintercept/article/2014/07/23/blacklisted/
https://firstlook.org/theintercept/document/2014/07/23/march-2013-watchlisting-guidance/
Obama quietly expands government’s ‘watchlist’
^ Not a peep form the MSM liberal media or "liberal" lefties of course.
The report details how Obama has expanded the terrorist watchlist system, “authorizing a secret process that requires neither ‘concrete facts’ nor ‘irrefutable evidence’ to designate an American or foreigner as a terrorist,” according to a key government document obtained by the Intercept.
Instead of actual evidence, all the government needs is the nebulous “reasonable suspicion,” which is considered one of the lowest standards of proof in the American legal system. It’s less than “probable cause,” which is required to make an arrest...
The DHS suggests a typical woman terrorist would be a Caucasian in her late 20s or early 30s, with brunette hair, stylish clothing, high heels and a shoulder bag. A man? About the same age, short hair, wearing a shirt and slacks and familiar with technology, as he’s wearing an earpiece cellphone. Also Caucasian.
This despite the fact that nearly every major act of terrorism in the United States has been carried out by non-Christians from the Middle East or North Africa...
The consequences for people who end up on the U.S. government watchlist can be severe. 'Once the government secretly labels you a terrorist or terrorist suspect, other institutions tend to treat you as one,' Intercept reports. 'It can become difficult to get a job (or simply to stay out of jail). It can become burdensome — or impossible — to travel. And routine encounters with law enforcement can turn into ordeals.'”
https://firstlook.org/theintercept/article/2014/07/23/blacklisted/
https://firstlook.org/theintercept/document/2014/07/23/march-2013-watchlisting-guidance/
Obama quietly expands government’s ‘watchlist’
^ Not a peep form the MSM liberal media or "liberal" lefties of course.