Nothing new, just like the airplane purchased to support terrorism, it's being used by Mueller for personal use is even more uncontrollable. His excuse, it's for terrorism speeches, for his security and for the moral of the bureau personnel. Since when????

It's getting a little ridiculous. My husband can no longer check in early for flights to avoid long lines due to his name being similiar to a suspected terrorist. And it's not even "foreign"--it's a very common first and last name.

You people wanted a police state? Looks like you finally got one.

Who cares about the inconvenience. I can barely sleep at night as it is. I am not paranoid by any means....I am a normal 31 year old female in DC and I am glad they even have a list no matter how long it is..... I believe the list just needs to evolve with the times and more man power is needed to do it. Its because of these liberals that believe we are sitting pretty and doin just fine shaking our hands with the enemies that this kind of stuff is getting news. Do you care or dont you that we are sitting ducks?

Unfortunately it looks as if we are going to have to start profiling. I don't want to here that that is against persons rights. It is different times we live in and if we are going to survive, then we must do what we must do.

Jeez becca, quit watching Fox News and all the Bush propaganda and get a grip.

9/11 was caused by a small group of people. Instead of trying to bring those people to justice, our neo-fascist government used this as an excuse to expand their military corporate welfare system. Osama? According to our President, he's irrelevant.

The War on Terror, Afghanistan and Iraq have nothing to do with real threats to Americans. They are a way to expand the neo-fascist corporate/military alliance in this country.

If a criminal you know kills a member of your family, should the police ignore that person and arrest a person they don't like in another part of the country. That is the equivalent of the War on Terror. This crooked administration ignores the perpetrators of the crimes and goes on expensive expeditions to destroy political enemies who won't tow their extremist political line.

One can guess that the FBI Terrorist Watch List, like the Homeland Security list, includes such "terrorists" as gays, anti-Bush demonstrators, and anybody else that doesn't fit the acceptable right-wing NEOCON, evangelical profile. George Orwell's 1984 has DickNBush pegged right - it was just a bit ahead of its time.

It's a sad day when people can justify ratial profiling and the removal of freedom because of their own paranoid fears, which are in large part supported by our government. This country needs to wake up and realize that small bands of middle-easterners armed with a little more than rocks and sticks pose no threat to our way of life. It is the fear that cripples us, not these pathitically weak individuals.

becca said, "Its because of these liberals that believe we are sitting pretty and doin just fine shaking our hands with the enemies that this kind of stuff is getting news."

You mean there's 509,000 'enemies' right now waiting to kill us all? And they're all on that 'list', eh? Wow, thanks for the update. I hope I don't accidentally meet, and then 'shake hands' with, one of the 509,000 people on the list. Because, who wants to shake hands with the 'enemy'? Are you on the list becca? Have you even checked yet? There are bound to be a few dozen 'beccas' on there. Please find out if you have been deemed 'the enemy', and if so, kindly report back to us.

Becca:

Get a grip.

The terrorists have done nothing to this country compared to what this government has done. You are fearing the wrong people- turn off Faux News.

A friend of mine got put on this list because she is associated with a peace group. There's something ironic about that. And not the funny kind of irony. I want my country back.

I am still awaiting the extradition of the organisers of Noraid who provided weapons and money to the IRA. Who then went on to murder just as many British civilians as those who died on 9/11.

Oh wait a minute that was good terrorism wasn't it?

This is the Dawn of the American Gulag...

First it starts with a 'list' that rapidly gets larger and larger with no controls...and the original purpose of the list becomes muted and then fades away as the true design becomes clear: as a tool for identifying and repressing potential dissidents to the increasingly authoritarian rule...America is, right now, not anything close to a democracy, nor a representative republic, it is a modern feudalistic state, fueled by corruption on virtually every side, and a drunk with power out-of-control vice-president and a stupid, stubborn, ignorant man who believes he has the Divine Right of Kings as president.

Who actually said it was only for terrorists? More likely the list also includes those persons who are thought to be a threat to the government.

The THREAT of an attack on "The Homeland" (how fascist does that sound) is causing far more damage to our country than an actual attack could.

We lost most of an entire city recently and life went on.

One thing to consider is: if our nation is truly in danger from foreign terrorists, why would our so called President want to allow more than 12 million illegal aliens some of which could be terrorists to remain here? If the danger truly existed our border would be closed so tight a mosquito couldn't get through.

Remember that for every name on the list there are at least 10 other people with the same or similar name. Also, there is no office set up to review the list and delete the names of those who are killed, captured or cleared. The list can only grow until it chokes its own usefulness.

Reminds me that FL CPS put a couple on the child abuser list, because of "kidding around" about their child.....who happened to actually be a pet racoon.

No amount of persuasion could get FL to take their names off the list.

Government seems to always find a way to demonstrate their stupidity.

Half a million? Half? Hell, we had twice that many 40 years ago. They must mean that they got half a million snitches, I mean neighbors, watching you to make sure you're not a witch, or a terrorist.

This list is nothing more than such dangerous folks as vegans, Quakers, Democrats, Green party, anyone who ever signed a petition disagreeing with the RNC/Bush/Cheney, or who were picked by security screeners to get their bonus for each name contributed. Note to those afraid of terrorists: They're running the government. Duh!