Look up / investigate COBRA, then get back with us. IIRC they like other "groups"morphed in to federal jurisdiction . Then after 9/11 became like Oz , All Knowing.
The following supposedly relates to Anarchist . HOWEVER. We all know how TSA is there to monitor & spot DO NOT FLY LIST people who may possess a threat. Like that grandmother and kid in stroller.
http://www.cops.usdoj.gov/pdf/e09042536.pdf
pg 100
SLTLE often find a need to maintain information, in either raw or finished
form that can place them in a controversial position. For purposes of
community safety, law enforcement needs to maintain information on some
people and organizations for two reasons: (1) The have the potential to
commit crimes and (2) They pose a bona fide threat, although the
parameters of that threat are often difficult to specify. Their actions are
monitored and affiliations recorded to help prevent future crimes and/or
build a future criminal case. Inherently problematic is the idea of a future
crime: what is the rationale for keeping information on a person who has
not committed a crime, but might do so? Essentially, if there is a
compelling interest for community safety, an effective argument can be
made to maintain records on individuals who threaten that safety as long
as reasonable justification can be presented to show a relationship to
criminality
In this type of intelligence there is no product, per se, but regularly
prepared and disseminated operational records on people and groups who
are associated with terrorists or criminal enterprises. The important, yet
difficult, balance is to ensure that there is no violation of constitutional
rights during the course of the process, but at the same time maintaining a
resource of credible information for legitimate law enforcement purposes
No need to link the Patriot Act, you can do that yourself.







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