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Here Comes Snowden 2.0... And How The Government Determines If You Are A "Terrorist Threat" | Zero Hedge
Moments ago CNN blasted a headline stating that the US believes there is a new, post-Snowden leaker exposing national security. Why? The reason is the following article that was released a few hours ago by the Intercept, and which is an expose on yet another classified system called Terrorist Identities Datamart Environment (TIDE), in which we read: "The documents, obtained from a source in the intelligence community, also reveal that the Obama Administration has presided over an unprecedented expansion of the terrorist screening system.
Since taking office, Obama has boosted the number of people on the no fly list more than ten-fold, to an all-time high of 47,000surpassing the number of people barred from flying under George W. Bush." And there is Snowden 2.0.
Aside from this rather stunning revelation, we also learn the following:
The second-highest concentration of people designated as known or suspected terrorists by the government is in Dearborn, Mich.a city of 96,000 that has the largest percentage of Arab-American residents in the country.
The government adds names to its databases, or adds information on existing subjects, at a rate of 900 records each day.
The CIA uses a previously unknown program, code-named Hydra, to secretly access databases maintained by foreign countries and extract data to add to the watchlists.
16,000 people, including 1,200 Americans, have been classified as selectees who are targeted for enhanced screenings at airports and border crossings.
There are 611,000 men on the main terrorist watchlist and 39,000 women.
The top five U.S. cities represented on the main watchlist for known or suspected terrorists are New York; Dearborn, Mich.; Houston; San Diego; and Chicago. At 96,000 residents, Dearborn is much smaller than the other cities in the top five, suggesting that its significant Muslim population40 percent of its population is of Arab descent, according to the U.S. Census Bureauhas been disproportionately targeted for watchlisting.
The top nominating agencies responsible for placing people on the governments watchlists are: the Central Intelligence Agency, the Defense Intelligence Agency, the National Security Agency, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
In 2013, the main terrorism database included more than 860,000 biometric files on 144,000 people.
The database contains more than a half a million facial images, nearly a quarter of a million fingerprints and 70,000 iris scans.
The government maintains biometric data on people that it hasnt identifiedTIDE contains 1,800 BUPs, or biometrics of unknown persons.
In a single year, the government expanded its collection of non-traditional biometric data, including dramatic increases in handwriting samples (32 percent), signatures (52 percent), scars, marks, and tattoos (70 percent), and DNA strands (90 percent).
Snowden 2.0 speaks:
-Geaux
Here Comes Snowden 2.0... And How The Government Determines If You Are A "Terrorist Threat" | Zero Hedge
Moments ago CNN blasted a headline stating that the US believes there is a new, post-Snowden leaker exposing national security. Why? The reason is the following article that was released a few hours ago by the Intercept, and which is an expose on yet another classified system called Terrorist Identities Datamart Environment (TIDE), in which we read: "The documents, obtained from a source in the intelligence community, also reveal that the Obama Administration has presided over an unprecedented expansion of the terrorist screening system.
Since taking office, Obama has boosted the number of people on the no fly list more than ten-fold, to an all-time high of 47,000surpassing the number of people barred from flying under George W. Bush." And there is Snowden 2.0.
Aside from this rather stunning revelation, we also learn the following:
The second-highest concentration of people designated as known or suspected terrorists by the government is in Dearborn, Mich.a city of 96,000 that has the largest percentage of Arab-American residents in the country.
The government adds names to its databases, or adds information on existing subjects, at a rate of 900 records each day.
The CIA uses a previously unknown program, code-named Hydra, to secretly access databases maintained by foreign countries and extract data to add to the watchlists.
16,000 people, including 1,200 Americans, have been classified as selectees who are targeted for enhanced screenings at airports and border crossings.
There are 611,000 men on the main terrorist watchlist and 39,000 women.
The top five U.S. cities represented on the main watchlist for known or suspected terrorists are New York; Dearborn, Mich.; Houston; San Diego; and Chicago. At 96,000 residents, Dearborn is much smaller than the other cities in the top five, suggesting that its significant Muslim population40 percent of its population is of Arab descent, according to the U.S. Census Bureauhas been disproportionately targeted for watchlisting.
The top nominating agencies responsible for placing people on the governments watchlists are: the Central Intelligence Agency, the Defense Intelligence Agency, the National Security Agency, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
In 2013, the main terrorism database included more than 860,000 biometric files on 144,000 people.
The database contains more than a half a million facial images, nearly a quarter of a million fingerprints and 70,000 iris scans.
The government maintains biometric data on people that it hasnt identifiedTIDE contains 1,800 BUPs, or biometrics of unknown persons.
In a single year, the government expanded its collection of non-traditional biometric data, including dramatic increases in handwriting samples (32 percent), signatures (52 percent), scars, marks, and tattoos (70 percent), and DNA strands (90 percent).
Snowden 2.0 speaks:
