Barack Obama’s Secret Terrorist-Tracking System, By The Numbers -- By Jeremy Scahill and Ryan Devereaux, The Intercept
Nearly half of the people on the U.S. government’s widely shared database of terrorist suspects are not connected to any known terrorist group, according to classified government documents obtained by The Intercept.
Of the 680,000 people caught up in the government’s Terrorist Screening Database—a watchlist of “known or suspected terrorists” that is shared with local law enforcement agencies, private contractors, and foreign governments—more than 40 percent are described by the government as having “no recognized terrorist group affiliation.” That category—280,000 people—dwarfs the number of watchlisted people suspected of ties to al Qaeda, Hamas, and Hezbollah combined.
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My Comment: Wow .... that is a lot of terrorists and/or terrorist sympathizers to watch.
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