Air Marshals Place Innocents on Secret Watch List 571
An anonymous reader writes "The Denver Channel 7 News reports that federal air marshals are operating under a quota for reporting a minimum number of suspicious travelers which is resulting in innocent people being placed on a secret government watch list. From the article: 'These unknowing passengers who are doing nothing wrong are landing in a secret government document called a Surveillance Detection Report, or SDR.'"
Re:WTF (Score:3, Informative)
Re:oblig. 1984 reference (Score:5, Informative)
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> 2006.07.25 DenverChannel malsaid "unorthodox" as "suspicious". rectify.
2006.07.25 cvd6262 malsaid oldspeak "unorthodox" as "facecrime" rewrite fullwise.
Please read the related article..... (Score:5, Informative)
This is the problem with Management by Objectives (Score:3, Informative)
It may take the form of playing games with when sales can be booked as income. It may be mucking with projections. It may be slamming the phone on the customer to goose up the number of calls per hour you handle.
Measurable objectives are important, but they're only half the story. You need leadership too. Strong programs of performance measurement, in the absence of strong leadership, degenerate into numbers games that can be beaten.
Re:From the Marshall's Journal (Score:2, Informative)
You might want to re-check your facts [wikipedia.org]. To quote, "An Afghan is a blanket, wrap, or shawl of colored wool, knitted or crocheted in geometric shapes.". Look here [about.com] for just one example of a knitted afghan. Many more can be found with an appropriate Google search [google.ca].
Re:Ayn Rand was an optimist. (Score:4, Informative)
HERE is the program for the broke patriots (Score:5, Informative)
Sign up for Highway Watch brought to you by DHS and the American Trucking Association!
http://www.highwaywatch.com/newtoHWW/index.html [highwaywatch.com]
Re:Justice, in America? (Score:5, Informative)
Re:It's not so bad... (Score:2, Informative)
Construction building inspectors are employees of the individual cities they work in, not the State government. So there can't be a quota in California unless all the cities in California agree, and agree to keep in "unofficial" Knowing California, that would be impossible. It might occur in some cities, but a unified "unofficial" statewide conspiracy? Get real.
Re:Sounds Like Flagged - Not Listed (Score:2, Informative)
Convict Lease (Score:3, Informative)
To quote a current internet meme: Perhaps you've not thought your cunning plan all the way through.
Re:Guy I know is on the list (Score:5, Informative)