[SGVLUG] ot - Prosecutor flagged by US terror watch list

[Sean O'Donnell]

I think this incident is worthy of addition to the 'white whine' site.

http://whitewhine.tumblr.com/

Considering there are over 400 people in the US w/ the name 'Jim
Robinson', it's no surprise.

It also doesn't surpise me, that although there are only 43 people w/ my
name in the US (according to www.howmanyofme.com), that my name is also
on the list. Not me (afaik, hopefully), but my name.

I don't mind the usual XREF of my ID to the name when I travel, it only
takes a few minutes, but if I were to be detained, questioned, and
searched, it wouldn't sit too pretty w/ me (especially if that search
required those rubber gloves, eww!).

*shrug*

matti wrote:
> ot -
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> lol, ... ah the humor when the government catches their own...
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> "WASHINGTON - The Justice Department's former top criminal prosecutor says the government's terror watch list likely has caused thousands of innocent Americans to be questioned, searched or otherwise hassled."
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> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080714/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/terror_watchlist
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> ah, the issues of false positives... somethings just
> are a bit scary, accidentally being on this list
> certainly must be one of those.
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