Author: Mac Slavo
According to the Wall Street Journal, there are roughly 440,000 people on the watch list as of December 2010, though USA Today indicates that over one million names have been added as of 2009. In 2006 the list contained just 71,000 names (which was subsequently corrected to remove errors, ending 2006 with about 34,000). It is not completely clear whether or not the “no-fly” and “terror” watch lists have been merged into one master list, though recent reports suggest Department of Homeland Security has centralized the management of all watch lists.
Nonetheless, the number of individuals being added to what the WSJ refers to as the terrorist watch list, but which may be a combination of the no-fly and terrorist watch lists (confused yet?), has seen an increase of over 1000% over the last four years alone.
This suggests that the number of individuals being added is nearly doubling every year. Based on the following ad-hoc calculations, at this pace the list(s) will grow exponentially over the next decade:
Number of people added (estimate) Year
34,000 2006
68,000 2007
136,000 2008
270,000 2009
540,000 2010
1,080,000 2011
2,160,000 2012
4,320,000 2013
8,640,000 2014
17,280,000 2015
34,560,000 2016
69,120,000 2017
138,240,000 2018
276,480,000 2019
552,960,000 2020
1,105,920,000 2021
2,211,840,000 2022
4,423,680,000 2023
*These are only estimates based on incomplete information due to the secrecy surrounding the no-fly, terrorist, and combined watchlists
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http://www.shtfplan.com/headline-news/terrorist-watch-list-may-exceed-us-population-by-2019-world-population-by-2023_01012011
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