Given the attitudes of the previous administration who set this up I would think it likely that there is a correlation between being on the list and being as it were 'left-wing'.<p>The suggestion that the list was set up to hassle lefties rather than stop terror is not untenable.<p>Be interesting to see if in fact this list is not a great danger to America by subverting its advertised purpose for political ends.<p>A nice mashup perhaps would be party membership of those on the list.<p>People are prepared to give up liberty in emergencies - the abuse of such powers to harass pacifists, enviromentalists in the UK anyway puts us all in danger for when a real emergency requires fast action.<p>Similar to the fable of the boy crying wolf (but a more sinister young fellow with political ambitions).