U.S. Govt. Labels Vegetarians DOMESTIC TERRORISTS

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Until the AR Movement WAKES UP and realizes the progressively irrational

insanity of our govt labeling us " terrorists " ; and the IMMEDIATE IMPERATIVE that

this rhetoric must be STOPPED, we will continue at their deranged 'mercy' --

think Nazi Germany, folks!

 

Isn't ANYONE fed up with this!? Why are all of the multi-million $$ AR Orgs

SILENT on this issue?!? Why aren't the rest of us actively seeking out civil

liberties attorneys to challenge this garbage?!

PLEASE,PLEASE GET ANGRY!ORGANIZE!TAKE ACTION!...BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE!

If someone reading this knows an attorney or law student that can help--don't

let the opportunity pass--ask them to get involved!

If you can help or know of others who can, please email me:

endspeciescide

 

 

 

~Vegetarians On The Government's Most Wanted Lists As Domestic Terrorists & How

To Get Your Name Off~

 

December 29, 2009

 

Numerous animal rights extremists, including some ardent vegetarians and vegans

also are on the government's most wanted lists as domestic terrorists. Are you

wondering whether a name exactly like yours is listed on any of the US Terror

Lists? Here's how to find out. First, start with the largest collection of

550,000 names called the Terrorist Identities Datamart Environment Database.

It's called TIDE for short.

 

Who gets on this list of more than half a million names? The database is kept by

the National Counterterrorism Center. It was set up after 9/11/2001. Are you on

this list?

 

How do you know whether someone with your exact name is on this list, but isn't

you? Interestingly, the Detroit bombing suspect, Mumar Arouk Abdulmutallab is on

this list. Even though his father, a successful banker in Nigeria, warned the US

Embassy to look into the matter of his radical son, no one at that time singled

out his name from more than half a million other names.

 

Can you check the list to see whether someone with your name is on the list? Can

you be mistaken for that person when you try to fly? Check out the website of

the National Counterterrorism Center.

 

Your second step to find out whether your name is on one of the U.S. terror

lists, is to check out the Consolidated Terrorist Watch List. Slightly less than

half a million persons are on this list, about 400,000 presently.

 

You're moved onto this list, kept by the FBI's Terrorist Screening Center, if

there's sufficient evidence in your biography and identifying data to justify a

reasonable suspicion about you. And also before you get on this list you have to

be screened so that it's you who matches the name on the list. You have to be

suspected of or engaged in or just preparing to engage in terrorist activities.

On this list there are 400 to 1,200 additions, deletions, or changes daily to

this list.

 

Checkout the FBI's Terrorist Screening Center website. What are the chances that

your name got on this list? According to its website, " FBI's Terrorist Screening

Center (TSC) maintains the U.S. government’s consolidated Terrorist

Watchlist—a single database of identifying information about those known or

reasonably suspected of being involved in terrorist activity.

 

" By supporting the ability of front line screening agencies to positively

identify known or suspected terrorists trying to obtain visas, enter the

country, board aircraft, or engage in other activity, the consolidated Terrorist

Watchlist is one of the most effective counterterrorism tools for the U.S.

government.

 

" TSC is leading significant improvements in counterterrorism information sharing

among federal, state, local, and international agencies by distributing

information about encounters with known or suspected terrorists reported to its

24/7 call center.

 

While undertaking these activities, TSC is also dedicated to ensuring the data

it stores is maintained in a manner consistent with protecting the privacy and

civil liberties of Americans. "

 

What's the next list you might check to see whether your name is on it? It's the

Selectee List. This is a subset of the watch list. There are currently around

14,000 people on that list.

 

According to Wikipedia, the Secondary Security Screening Selection or Secondary

Security Screening Selectee, known by its acronym SSSS, is an airport security

measure in the United States and Canada which selects passengers for additional

inspection. This may also be known as Automatic Selectee or the Selectee list.

According to the ACLU site, here's what's known as the " Selectee List. "

 

What is the " Selectee List " ?

Most airports reserve one of their security checkpoints for intensive passenger

screening, typically involving hand-held metal detectors and opening of carry on

bags. Some people are selected at random for enhanced screening. In addition,

the TSA maintains a " Selectee List " (sometimes called the " Automatic Selectee

List " ) of people who are automatically and intentionally selected for enhanced

screening every time they fly. When a person is selected for enhanced screening

either at random or intentionally, the boarding pass will typically have the

letters " SSSS " stamped on it.

 

What is the difference between the No Fly List and the Selectee List?

People on the No Fly List are not allowed to board airplanes and will not be

given a boarding pass. People on the Selectee List will be given a boarding pass

and allowed to fly, but only after undergoing heightened security screening.

People who are mistaken for persons on the No Fly List or Selectee List will be

allowed to fly, but only after a delay and usually after enhanced screening.

 

Thousands of names are on the Selectee List and the No Fly List. According to

the ACLU site, because the government keeps the information secret, the public

has no way to know how the TSA decides that a person " may be a threat to civil

aviation or national security. "

 

The ACLU of Northern California is pursuing a lawsuit under the Freedom of

Information Act to obtain more information about the selection criteria. Click

here for more information. As of December 2009, there were about 14,000 people

on the Selectee List.

 

You get on this list when and if you pose a terrorist threat and there's more

information about your activities that suggest you pose a threat, especially to

aviation. You'll get stricter screening when you fly if you end up on this list.

 

The No Fly List is a subset of the watch list with about 3,400 individuals as of

Dec. 2009 on the list. But only 170 names are those of U.S. residents. To get

tossed on this list, you have to meet specific criteria showing you really

present a threat to civil aviation and/or national security. What you have to do

is find out whether there's someone with your exact name and similar statistics

such as age or origin that could confuse a screener when you fly.

 

You may not be on the list but someone with the same name, age, and similar

qualifications might be on there. When it comes time for you to fly, you could

be kept from flying. That's why it's a good idea to find out whether your name

is on this list without you knowing it.

 

According to the ACLU site, the government will not say who is or is not on

these lists. People first learn that they are on the lists - or are mistaken for

someone on the lists - when they encounter problems at the airport.

 

If you are ultimately allowed onto a plane, this means you are not on the No Fly

List (although you may be on the Selectee List). Typically, affected people

cannot use the Internet or the airport kiosks for automated check-in, and

instead must report to the ticket counter in person. Airline personnel

sometimes, but not always, are willing to tell passengers whether they are on a

list or what part of their name matches someone on the list.

 

Getting Off the List

 

How do you get off the list if your name or somebody else with the same name is

on the list? According to the ACLU site, The Office of Transportation Security

Redress within the TSA is responsible for assisting passengers who have been

delayed or detained because they are mistaken for a person on a watch list.

 

By sending a Traveler Identity Verification Form (TIVF), some people have been

able to reduce the confusion between themselves and persons on the lists.

However, others have found that the procedure is not fully effective.

Information about the process, including copies of the TIVF, are available here.

 

How can you get your name removed from the No Fly List or Selectee List?

 

In December 2004, Congress directed the TSA to establish a procedure to allow

persons to appeal their placement on the No Fly List or Selectee List, according

to the ACLU site. If you believe you are actually on the list (and are not

simply mistaken for someone on the list), the ACLU site advises, " please contact

the ACLU to discuss the methods for appeal. "

 

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