Taking Liberties: The War On Terror And The Erosion Of American Democracy - Plot & Excerpts
citizen Hossam Algabri (2002)[A]nyone can recognize elements of terror planning.—Air Force “Eagle Eyes” promotion (2010)What happened in Vegas stayed in federal data banks.—Barton Gellman, Washington Post (2005)WATCHLISTS AND SECURITY screening don’t only apply to travelers. Every time you go to a bank, buy a house, apply for a credit card, purchase life insurance, use a travel agent, or rent a car, the Patriot Act affects you. As a customer you may be lucky enough to be unaware of its impact. Or you might be unlucky, like Hossam Algabri, whose bank account was abruptly terminated because his bank created its own blacklist—perhaps in the hope of avoiding sanctions for not working hard enough to ferret out terrorism financing. And every time you apply for a job or rent an apartment, your prospective employer or landlord risks violating the prohibition of doing business with a blocked person if they don’t know whether or not you are on the “emergency” government blacklist that caused the Muslim charities problems.
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