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12-07-2015, 09:40 AM
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See if this opinion piece helps to convey my thinking. I have a helluvalotta respect for the author.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...re-terrorists/ 
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12-07-2015, 10:16 AM
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12-07-2015, 10:54 AM
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that's the issue with many things, there are no easy answers. and we all want them, don't we? seems on the face of it, that if someone is deemed to dangerous to fly in or out of country, they should be too dangerous to buy a gun. but who decides who is on the list, and how do they decide? same as if someone is mentally ill, who decides? and as we know from past experience, any and every program under the sun has people who abuse it, and people who use it for their own personal vendettas.
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12-14-2015, 04:42 PM
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Secret US Policy Blocks Agents From Looking at Social Media of Visa Applicants, Former Official Says
http://abcnews.go.com/US/secret-us-p...refer_homepage “It was primarily a question of optics,” said Cohen. “There were concerns from a privacy and civil liberties perspective that while this was not illegal, that it would be viewed negatively if it was disclosed publicly.” Another former counter-terrorism official cosigned Cohen’s frustration. “Why the State Department and Homeland Security Department have not leveraged the power of social media is beyond me.” . . .
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12-16-2015, 02:02 PM
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