NYPD secretely monitored law abiding Muslim college students

[mrveggieman]

Wow. If they can start with law abiding college students where does it stop? SMH.

[AUTaxMan]

Would you prefer that they monitor nobody at all?

[mrveggieman]

Would you prefer that they monitor nobody at all?

I would prefer that the gov't uses their recources to go after real criminals and not profile innocent people because of their race and or religion.

[AUTaxMan]

I would prefer that the gov't uses their recources to go after real criminals and not profile innocent people because of their race and or religion.

Since 9/11, what percentage of would-be terrorist attackers on America have been Muslim? I would roughly guess somewhere close to 100%.

[mrveggieman]

Since 9/11, what percentage of would-be terrorist attackers on America have been Muslim? I would roughly guess somewhere close to 100%.

Do your numbers also include white supremicists who plot to harm our president?

[habsheaven]

Since 9/11, what percentage of would-be terrorist attackers on America have been Muslim? I would roughly guess somewhere close to 100%.

Since you are eager to make statistical estimates, let's hear your estimate of what % of Muslims have attacked America.

[duane1969]

I can not see the video from work, however...It is nice to say "Don't target innocent people" but everyone is innocent until they do something. Then people cry foul and ask why the government didn't do more to prevent it.

You can not have it both ways. You either accept that innocent people will be watched or you accept that guilty people will not be caught before they do something wrong. There is no middle ground.

And for the record, monitoring innocent people is not against the law. Wire taps, tracking devices, hacking emails, etc. are illegal. Watching where someone goes or who they associate with is not illegal.

[pghin08]

I can not see the video from work, however...It is nice to say "Don't target innocent people" but everyone is innocent until they do something. Then people cry foul and ask why the government didn't do more to prevent it.

You can not have it both ways. You either accept that innocent people will be watched or you accept that guilty people will not be caught before they do something wrong. There is no middle ground.

And for the record, monitoring innocent people is not against the law. Wire taps, tracking devices, hacking emails, etc. are illegal. Watching where someone goes or who they associate with is not illegal.

Yeah, I think they call that "Facebook" or something.

[Wickabee]

Why are so many people married to the "all-or-nothing" theory. It's pretty obvious authorities are looking in all the wrong places.
I know a guy with a very common name. The name in question is apparently a known alias of someone who is wanted and has been for a long time. Every time this guy takes a flight, he is detained for 2-4 hours because of his name. It's happened to him numerous times and will continue to happen until they actually look for this person instead of detaining everyone who has the same name as his known alias. Stupidity.

While I agree there has to be some level of monitoring these days, but it's pretty obvious whoever is in charge is only putting on the illusion of security instead of actually even attempting actual security. It's really sad.

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While I agree there has to be some level of monitoring these days, but it's pretty obvious whoever is in charge is only putting on the illusion of security instead of actually even attempting actual security. It's really sad.

This times eleventy billion.