DHS Wants To Monitor the Web For Terrorists 285
a user writes "Under the belief that terrorists are 'increasingly' recruiting US citizens, Department of Homeland Security chief Janet Napolitano says that increased government monitoring of the Internet is necessary to thwart them. It is believed that Fort Hood shooter Major Nidal Hassan and attempted Times Square bomber Faisal Shahzad were inspired by radical Internet postings. Speaking at a meeting of the American Constitution Society for Law and Policy, Napolitano said, 'We can significantly advance security without having a deleterious impact on individual rights in most instances. At the same time, there are situations where tradeoffs are inevitable.'"
It sure is theatre! (Score:3, Informative)
As an example, she noted the struggle to use full-body scanners at airports caused worries that they would invade people's privacy.
The scanners are useful in identifying explosives or other nonmetal weapons that ordinary metal-detectors might miss — such as the explosives that authorities said were successfully brought on board the Detroit-bound airliner on Christmas Day by Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab.
First, they do invade privacy it's just that folks have given up in arguing with the Government or there's the folks who are stupid enough to believe that it's important - I know a couple of them.
Secondly, that Nigerian boarded the aircraft IN NIGERIA! How many of these scanners do you think are going to be in piss poor third world countries?! NONE. And that's were most of the threat is coming from.
In the meantime, our stupid Government is scanning us: me, you, them, the 99.9999999999999999999999999999999% of travelers who just want to fucking get to their destinations. Of course, those big shots making policy, they don't fly commercial! Congressmen fly on private jets -Have a look [google.com].
Security is just theater for us little people to follow and be inconvenienced by.
Re:Theatrical Security (Score:3, Informative)
On average people are below average
Re:Theatrical Security (Score:3, Informative)
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Did you know (Score:3, Informative)
Re:When you are looking for a needle in a (Score:3, Informative)
Terrorists aren't that dangerous (Score:1, Informative)
In the big picture, terrorists are an annoying fly. Look at the actual death rates in the US. 42,000 people die each year in auto accidents, 20,000 of those due to drunk driving, and yet we haven't done anything to make cars safer in years, and we do little or nothing to curb drunk driving. 20,000 people die each year from the common flu. And we don't even mandate vaccinations. But terrorists killed 3,000 people nine years ago, and we have used that as an excuse to spend hundreds of billions of dollars on a pointless war that has only made things worse. And the closet fascists in the security agencies of our government are using the terrorist boogeyman to try to dismantle the constitution and put us all under 24x7 surveillance. Wake up and smell the con-job citizens!
The absolute best possible approach to terrorism would be to IGNORE it. That's right. Put terrorists in the same category as killer bees, lightning strikes, and bear maulings. Tragic but rare occurrences that just don't justify taking any action over. If we would just calm down and use a little common sense, we would realize that all the fanfare over terrorism is EXACTLY what the terrorists WANT. They want to destroy our freedom and our liberty, and we are helping them do it. If, on the other hand, we treat them like the deranged lunatic-fringe that they are, and basically greet their acts with a tremendous sigh and a yawn, we will reduce them to impotent ranting fools - which is what they deserve.
Re:Go To Hell (Score:3, Informative)
And yes, it's more than just a conspiracy. It's actual fact. And the sheeple in this country don't seem to care, either.
Going to have to figure out how to build a portable EMP device to render the pervert's toys useless.