Look! Over there! Is that a terrorist? No? Well, maybe you just can’t TELL he’s a terrorist because you don’t know what to look for. Maybe they’ve gotten so good at hiding that the only way to KNOW there’s a terrorist around is that there’s NO SIGN OF ONE!
If you’re looking around for terrorists but all you see is
your friends and neighbors, the FBI wants to tell you how to look harder. Not content to let actual terrorists sow fear and paranoia in our society, they’ve come out with twenty-five industry-specific flyers to sow fear and paranoia instead. These flyers give you identifying characteristics to spot before reporting foreign people to our government which, thanks to the loss of Habeas Corpus, can consider this enough “evidence” to hold them safely without trial until fear is gone from our world. Here’s some of our favorites: YOU MAY BE A TERRORIST IF…
- You think violence against Americans may relate to American actions provoking the problem (from ‘How to Spot Sleepers’)
- You significantly alter your appearance from visit to visit (from ‘Warnings to Beauty/Drug Stores’)
- You want to learn to scuba dive ‘quickly’ (from ‘Warnings to Dive Shops’)
- You use cash for large purchases (from most of the flyers)
- You shield your laptop screen from others, protect your computer password, or switch the SIM card in your cell phone (from ‘Warnings to Internet Cafes’)
…and there are many, many more. If you want a grim giggle, or if you don’t think you’re doing enough in the War Against Terror, then click the link below to see the PDF flyer that appeals most to you and your secret fears…
