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> "we have 10,000 other people who are associated with militant Islamits in our database "And for who even Russians spent their energy to notify us"? I'd exp

by acqq 11y ago

> "we have 10,000 other people who are associated with militant Islamits in our database "And for who even Russians spent their energy to notify us"? I'd expect that most of the 10,000 others aren't on the list because Russians notify the FBI. Or you know more than I do, and I'd be glad to learn. Or maybe the warning was ignored because of the Tsarnaev's uncle? http://backchannel.al-monitor.com/index.php/2013/04/5090/former-cia-officer-absurd-to-link-uncle-of-boston-suspects-agency-over-daughters-brief-marriage/ http://backchannel.al-monitor.com/index.php/2013/04/5090/for... Interestingly, the "Terrorist Watch List" reached 1 million in 2009: http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/washington/2009-03-10-watchlist_N.htm http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/washington/2009-03-10-wa... It seems your estimate was two orders of magnitude off.

barrkel 11y ago
Interestingly, the "Terrorist Watch List" reached 1 million in 2009: [...] It seems your estimate was two orders of magnitude off. This doesn't strengthen your assertions.
- jacquesm 11y ago
  And technically we're all on the 'terrorist watch list' since we're all being watched. Just on the off chance we convert into a terrorist I guess.
  - acqq 11y ago
    Well the article quotes the given number for the list with the given name, so we're technically all on some other list with some other name. But 1 from every 300 US inhabitants is on that specific list.
- acqq 11y ago
  >> Interestingly > This doesn't strengthen your assertions Which assertions have I claimed that the "interesting" detail supports? Or what should that "interestingly" mean more than the interesting detail? A million is surely a less expected figure, it's equivalent to 1 of every 300 people across the whole US (!) Now imagine how many people you see in one day in the NY, for example. It's really thought provoking.

by acqq 11y ago

barrkel 11y ago

Interestingly, the "Terrorist Watch List" reached 1 million in 2009: [...] It seems your estimate was two orders of magnitude off. This doesn't strengthen your assertions.

jacquesm 11y ago
And technically we're all on the 'terrorist watch list' since we're all being watched. Just on the off chance we convert into a terrorist I guess.
- acqq 11y ago
  Well the article quotes the given number for the list with the given name, so we're technically all on some other list with some other name. But 1 from every 300 US inhabitants is on that specific list.
acqq 11y ago
>> Interestingly > This doesn't strengthen your assertions Which assertions have I claimed that the "interesting" detail supports? Or what should that "interestingly" mean more than the interesting detail? A million is surely a less expected figure, it's equivalent to 1 of every 300 people across the whole US (!) Now imagine how many people you see in one day in the NY, for example. It's really thought provoking.