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Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said his department will be issuing new guidance to retailers this week giving them pointers on how to spot potential terrorists among their customers by looking at what they’re buying.
While saying the government cannot prohibit sales of some everyday materials, Mr. Johnson said retailers should be trained to look for anyone who buys a lot from what he described as a “long list of materials that could be used as explosive precursors.”
“We can’t and we shouldn’t prohibit the sale of a pressure cooker. We can sensitize retail businesses to be on guard for suspicious behavior by those who buy this kind of stuff,” Mr. Johnson said during a question-and-answer session after a speech at the Council on Foreign Relations.
originally posted by: ValentineWiggin
Oh brother.
“We can’t and we shouldn’t prohibit the sale of a pressure cooker. We can sensitize retail businesses to be on guard for suspicious behavior by those who buy this kind of stuff,” Mr. Johnson said during a question-and-answer session after a speech at the Council on Foreign Relations.
A pressure cooker? Really?
originally posted by: ValentineWiggin
A pressure cooker? Really?
In Target’s case, it all comes down to your Guest ID number tied your credit card, name, and other info, which saves all kinds of data about what you buy. Statistician Andrew mined that data and saw patterns in it, for example — women on baby registries buy larger amounts of unscented lotion around the beginning of their second trimester. Bam! Send’em some coupons for other baby items.
there is a potential long-term threat
government should be looking for patterns in someone’s travel or purchasing that raise questions
originally posted by: NoCorruptionAllowed
DHS is staffed and run by idiots who wouldn't know how to identify a real terrorist even if they were given a 10 day tour inside Iran or Syria. So instead, they figure they might get lucky by pure chance if they ask citizens who manage Walmart's to do the work..
This is the OBAMA administration and his Tsars though.. They would be better suited to just sit in a corner and play with FIsher-Price toys...
originally posted by: rickymouse
Whew, good thing I already own two different size pressure cookers. Oh oh, now the DHS knows I own two of these.
originally posted by: stormcell
Better not move to a new apartment and buy sandwich boxes, duck tape, alarm, electric wire, clocks, boxes of nails and batteries at the same time.