FBI Unveils Anti-Terrorist Edutainment Program For Schools
from the FBI:-'You-cut-the-strings.-We'll-reattach-them-later!' dept
The FBI wants to deputize the nation's schools into its anti-terrorism posse. At this point, it's unclear whether the program will escalate to the elaborate Rube Goldberg machinations the FBI currently employs to generate terrorism suspects (putting the "rube" back in "Rube Goldberg machinations"), but for now, it appears to be "edutainment" that applies a ridiculous metaphor with blunt force precision.
The program, according to those who saw it at F.B.I. headquarters, called “Don’t Be a Puppet,” leads the viewer through a series of games and tips intended to teach how to identify someone who may be falling prey to radical extremists. With each successful answer, scissors cut a puppet’s string, until the puppet is free.RIP, Global Terrorism. The FBI is dismantling the forces of evil with the power of multiple choice quizzes. And it's doing so without listening to the concerns of the inadvertent stakeholders.
The F.B.I. had told the community organizations that the program would be available online as soon as Monday. The organizations’ leaders spoke to a reporter only after learning that the F.B.I. was likely to proceed despite their concern that the program would stigmatize Arab and Muslim students, who are already susceptible to bullying.BUT, BUT... INTERACTIVE LEARNING! Games and tips and string-cutting! How could this not be a good idea?
“Teachers in classrooms should not become an extension of law enforcement,” said Arjun S. Sethi, an adjunct professor of law at the Georgetown University Law Center. Mr. Sethi, who specializes in counterterrorism and law enforcement, was invited by the F.B.I. to give feedback on the program.
“The program is based on flawed theories of radicalization, namely that individuals radicalize in the exact same way and it’s entirely discernible,” he said. “But it’s not, and the F.B.I. is basically asking teachers and students to suss these things out.”
Maybe because it would simply encourage the sort of racial/religious profiling the DOJ heads off at local law enforcement agencies with consent decrees and many FBI agents themselves find mostly useless?
[Hoda Hawa, policy director for the Muslim Public Affairs Council] and others interviewed were particularly troubled by a question that she said asked the user to identify which of four or five posts on social media should raise alarm. Among the choices were a person posting about a plan to attend a political event, or someone with an Arabic name posting about going on “a mission” overseas. The correct answer was the posting with the Arabic name.The "blowback" from groups the FBI consulted with pre-release did little to deter its plans to co-opt educational institutions into its puppet-making plans. It wasn't until the New York Times reported on the program's release that the FBI finally experienced developer's remorse. As Homeland Security News Wire reports, the FBI has now decided to hold off on the release of the controversial program.
Facing criticism, the FBI has decided to delay the release of “Don’t Be a Puppet,” an interactive program aiming to help teachers and students identify young people who show signs of flirting with radicalism and violent extremism.The FBI doesn't appear to be nearly as concerned about the potential damage it might be doing to several million American citizens of foreign descent as it is about being perceived negatively by major media players. I guess that's something, but the run-up to the (now delayed) release suggests the only reason the agency "accepts" feedback from affected groups is to check that box off the project management checklist.
The program was scheduled for release Monday.
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dimantling?
Please delete this comment after correcting... should that be the eventual goal.
Also... seriously the FBI should be reminded of its mission, and it's not terrorism creation and bustage.
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I'm sad that the kid from Texas(was it Texas?) who made an alarm clock and brought it to school (it was his science project or something) is leaving the country to Qatar, his parents wouldn't tolerate this kind of thing any longer.
It's become more dangerous to be muslim than a mexican in the US i'm afraid.
As for myself, I know a Syrian guy, well, he was 2 year old when his parents moved to Canada, he's a christian Syrian too, and he's on Assad's side, the orthodox catholic churches of eastern europe/Russia/Greece/Macedonia told Obama that these people were committing genocide against christian syrians. He's really sad of all that's happened over there, although he is 100% canadian and has zero accent. Thankfully his name isn't an issue here, it could have become an issue had the Harper stayed. He's an atheist. What will they do with all the secular people with arabic names?
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In fact the worst deal seem to be for those of similar descent who are NOT Moslems..
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"...scissors cut a puppet’s string, until the puppet is free."
Strings would mean marionette, not puppet. But "Don't Be a Marionette" somehow loses that insightful propaganda cachet.
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"Puppets" would more correctly refer to those ensnared in the FBI's own terrorist plot creations. Or, at least, the mental imagery seems more apt...
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Planned Failure-hood
This is going to hurt a lot of people, tie up a lot of courts, and absolutely NOT achieve their stated purpose. Can they be sued for this? Should the ACLU and EFF etc. start collecting plaintiff names?
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Honestly it's like the FBI is trying to create more terrorists for the sole purpose of justifying the increased budget they have.
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Mental Health
Want to break the cycle, introduce proper fully funded mental health services and get to those individuals first and help them before the terrorists help themselves to them.
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Re: Mental Health
Strangely this seems to be exactly what the FBI do too - when they fabricate their plots!
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Re: Mental Health
No need to single out Scientology. All religions do this. It's their business model.
BTW, Imperial Rome despised Christians for their atheism, because Christians denied the existence of traditional Roman (and other) deities. Cf. Harry Sidebottom's "Warrior of Rome" series.
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WRONG - the real business model for Christianity has been the exact opposite. Single out the most powerful people in the land and convert them - the rest will follow. If the Emperor Constantine had not been converted there would be little or no Christianity in the world today. Look at the history of any European Christian country and you will see the same pattern.
The US is an aberration because your founding fathers decided not to have an official denomination (although at the time Christianity was nearly universal amongst the settlers). Consequently in the US religions often use the business model of a cult - which is what you deacribe. However the US is different from pretty much everywhere else in the world in that respect.
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I have to ask..
I wonder if the answer is the same if the name is Smith or Jones, because there's a lot of mormon's going on mission's overseas. Radicals, who would have guessed. . .
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That kind of irony is way too pure. They need to cut it with some tired rhetoric or droning banality before putting it out on the open market
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They just use the words randomly, in hopes that those still under their thrawl will passively absorb their version of the meaning
We live in a society where the left hand does'nt know what the right hand is doing, and yet, they all have the same goal.......the upper echelon dosnt have A puppet......its got MANY puppets.........and the left dont know what the right is doing........i suspect that their are many pupeteers too........these pupeteers, the ones that cause the conflicts amongst us when they lock horns with one another, bringing us all down with them in their conflict.........
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The United States of North Korea
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Opposition.........thats all its about, no distinction between justified opposition and violent opposition, their more afraid of the JUSTIFIED opposition, afraid that people will start to think more objectively about the reasons for their actions, not just accept their word as gospel.......educating people not to question them, because naturally everything they do is both right and justified
Teaching a nation their place
Collection of power, is a corruption....unless we understand that..........a collection of power when a JUSTIFIED need arises can be beneficial in circumstances i wont deny, but shouldnt be seen as goal for perpetual power.......were regressing back to monarchs.....one person, ALL the power, forever the human race survives
Playing by the rules set by those in power ensures they'll always be in power
Did i make the list?...........why?
Justification in 3,2,1
The only thing i plan to do, is speak my mind
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Government Response:
"Consequences, Shmonsequences.
PAH!
Pish Posh.
Rabble Rabble"
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Suspect ourselves, to be weary of ourselves, to focus on ourselves......instead of THEMselves
Never question, never think how these actions affect the public mindset
Not allowed to think for ourselves.......they dont want the competition
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That is not a fucking free society ffs, where those with more power=more rights, dictate how those they enforce their stolen power upon, how they should behave EXACTLY
Their are a million ways to be good, but your only allowed to be THIS particular good
If your not THIS good, then your bad, even if your still good
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We shouldnt have cops in schools in school
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I'd like to try the mod that has the US Government as one of the radical extremists!
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"Don’t Be a Puppet"? Tell that to Obama.
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Fascism: How To 101
The problem does not exist.... Yet.
But, as the USG becomes more openly fascist and the public becomes more aware of its oppressor's intent, dissent will be inevitable, and so "dissent" must be re-labeled and become "radicalization" in the general public mind.
Once legislation is in place, the problem can be advertised on TV and in movies to become a real "thing" in the public mind, and within a year or so, laws can be made to "fight the problem", with the public's consent and approval.
The Five Eyes never sleeps.
War on Suckers.
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