The Terrorist Watch List maintained by the Transportation Security Administration has become a bloated and useless compendium of waste. The ACLU recently reported that the list contains a million names. The TSA disputes this saying that, due to duplicates and aliases, the number is actually closer to 400,000. Well, that’s comforting, but it doesn’t change the fact that…
“Members of Congress, nuns, war heroes and other ‘suspicious characters,’ with names like Robert Johnson and Gary Smith, have become trapped in the Kafkaesque clutches of this list, with little hope of escape.”
New amongst the listees is CNN reporter Drew Griffin. Last March Griffin broadcast a story on the TSA that exposed some of its weaknesses. Within two months he found that he was unable to travel without significant inconvenience and later learned of his inclusion in the database intended to identify dangerous individuals suspected of having ties to terrorism.
In questioning before Congress, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff gave the wholly incredulous explanation that Griffin may be a victim of a name “mismatch.” As if there is another Drew Griffin that is the real terrorist. And it is apparently nothing more than a coincidence that Griffin’s placement on the list shortly followed the broadcast of his critical investigation.
The obvious exploitation of these government resources to punish unfriendly journalists is hardly out of character for the Bush regime. It is another illustration of their incompetence, waste, and abuse of power. And in this case they are contributing to making the country less safe by diluting the effectiveness of security operations. While it is repugnant that any government agency would employ these chilling schemes, it is particularly disturbing that they would target the press. The only purpose for doing so would be to frighten other conscientious journalists into silence.
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) is requesting an investigation. But if the past is any indication, the administration will stonewall, lie, and otherwise seek to obstruct the lawful implementation of oversight. The only hope for an open and honest examination of this is if it is conducted by a new administration. Hopefully that isn’t too far off.
I am so tired of all the freedoms I have to keep track of that it is a relief to have some of them “managed” for me. I feel like a child protected by its mother, sure I have to ask if I can have a cookie, but the invisible monster under my bed can’t eat me.
I did not and will never involve in terrorist activity, but CIA illegally put my name on Homeland Security terrorist watch list. Infact I am “pure innocent” person and my name is on the U.S. government terrorist watch list among with CNN reporter Drew Griffin, and other over million people, that I absolutely sure almost ninety percents of us on the U.S. government terrorist watch list did not and will not participate in terror activities. Therefore, I initiated a serious “Campaign to remove names people who did not participate in terror activities from the U.S. government terrorist watch list.
I recently found through news broadcast, and I realized of my name is among over million of other names on the U.S. government’s terrorist watch list!
It was on March 15, 2008 I traveled to San Francisco, the airline automatic check-in at the counter refused of check me in and issue boarding pass. My son, daughter, son-in-law and me called the airline assistant, who came and took my driver license, intermarry receipt, walked away, and returned with boarding pass and bagged checked in tag.
I am in the world as fully God and fully human, my elder beloved fully God and fully human brother (Messiah Jesus) murdered two thousand years ago because He taught people do good and reject evil, while with them, they feared of He be their King! But before his fully human’s body killed, He legally transferred the earth and human race Creator’s estate unto me. Currently my existence on earth, while I am serving human race for my beloved Father, to benefit global public, the United States government (CIA) robbed my four funds from me, they also illegally put my name on the U.S. government terrorist watch list, and hope that some day, they able to murder me like they way they murder my elder brother Messiah Jesus fully human body!
I currently angry of the United States government certain officials who against God my Father, who is sole owner of the earth and everything on earth by illegally put my name on terrorist watch list along with over million for purposes of they robbed my four funds from transfer in transit!
If you have any questions, or you would like to join me for campaign to remove pure innocent names from U.S. government terrorist watch list, please contact me via my official website http://www.wdcic.org webform mail.
D. Q. Mariette Do-Nguyen