End Game

Terror profiling without evidence considered in U.S.

The Justice Department is considering letting the FBI investigate Americans without any evidence of wrongdoing, relying instead on a terrorist profile that could single out Muslims, Arabs or other racial or ethnic groups.

Law enforcement officials say the proposed policy would help them do what Congress demanded after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks: root out terrorists before they strike.

Although President George W. Bush has disavowed targeting suspects based on race or ethnicity, the new rules would allow the FBI to consider those factors among a number of traits that could trigger national security investigations.

Currently, FBI agents need specific reasons, such as evidence or allegations that a law probably has been violated, to investigate U.S. citizens and legal residents. The new policy, law enforcement officials told The Associated Press, would let agents open preliminary terror investigations after mining public records and intelligence to build a profile of traits that, taken together, could be deemed suspicious.

Among the factors that could make someone subject to investigation is travel to regions of the world known for terrorist activity or access to weapons or military training, along with the person's race or ethnicity.

If this gets enacted, we all have lost.

Anyone who is a bit out of step could be arrested.
Dissident bloggers, Civil Rights groups, Fringe Religious groups, Non-Compliant Firearms owners (Are these all your weapons? Yes Sir! DAMN LIAR!! Take them away!!), Survivalists, Preparedness Minded people (Hoarding food and ammo? What dastardly plan are you hatching that you will need all this?).

This could be a catalyst to a whole bunch of bad. Bend your representative and congressman's ears on this. Use what little clout We the People have left. It's your family's future at stake!