#16 Jason Being on the list doesn't mean a thing. My uncle, a former
Wayne County prosecutor, with a very common name, is on the
watchlist. It's just security theater.
The thing that scares me about the list is that it does
mean something, but you have no idea if it will affect you until
you're, say, at the airport being turned away from a flight. Even
if the purpose of the list is security theater, it still has a real
effect on people's lives. The problem with a secret list is the
government can put anyone on the list. I have no problem with
government. What I have a problem with is a government without
transparency, without any mechanisms in place for people to be
informed that they are on the watch list at all. This is what Jim
was saying above, but if we keep talking about it, maybe things
will change. I hope things will change.
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