The “Police State” mindset is spreading around the globe
WASHINGTON, June 12 (UPI) — The U.S. Transportation Security Administration has labeled a group of the world’s top oceanography students “security threats” because they applied for a new ID card required to get access to U.S. ports — even though the agency acknowledges they are not suspected of any terrorism link.
“That really alarmed the students and faculty,” James Yoder, vice president for academic affairs at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, told United Press International. “What we’re worried about is how far that characterization will go in the government’s computers.”
The students, foreign postgraduates in the world-renowned oceanographic study program the institute runs with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, applied earlier this year for the new Transportation Worker Identity Credential — an ID card required for anyone who needs unescorted access to U.S. port facilities. Read More
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