List of keywords and phrases used to monitor social networking sites and online media

[Publius pro tem]

"Revealing: A list of keywords used by government analysts to scour the internet for evidence
of threats to the U.S. has been released under the Freedom of Information Act"

Revealed: Hundreds of words to avoid using online
if you don't want the government spying on you
(and they include 'pork', 'cloud' and 'Mexico')


Department of Homeland Security forced to release list following
freedom of information request

Agency insists it only looks for evidence of genuine threats to the
U.S. and not for signs of general dissent

By Daniel Miller
PUBLISHED: 26 May 2012

The Department of Homeland Security has been forced to release a list of
keywords and phrases it uses to monitor social networking sites and online
media for signs of terrorist or other threats against the U.S.

The intriguing the list includes obvious choices such as 'attack', 'Al Qaeda',
'terrorism' and 'dirty bomb' alongside dozens of seemingly innocent words
like 'pork', 'cloud', 'team' and 'Mexico'.

Released under a freedom of information request, the information sheds new
light on how government analysts are instructed to patrol the internet
searching for domestic and external threats.

The words are included in the department's 2011 'Analyst's Desktop Binder'
used by workers at their National Operations Center which instructs workers
to identify 'media reports that reflect adversely on DHS and response activities'.

Department chiefs were forced to release the manual following a House
hearing over documents obtained through a Freedom of Information Act
lawsuit which revealed how analysts monitor social networks and media
organisations for comments that 'reflect adversely' on the government.

However they insisted the practice was aimed not at policing the internet for
disparaging remarks about the government and signs of general dissent, but
to provide awareness of any potential threats.

As well as terrorism, analysts are instructed to search for evidence of
unfolding natural disasters, public health threats and serious crimes such as
mall/school shootings, major drug busts, illegal immigrant busts.

The list has been posted online by the Electronic Privacy Information Center -
a privacy watchdog group who filed a request under the Freedom of
Information Act before suing to obtain the release of the documents.

In a letter to the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Counter-
terrorism and Intelligence, the centre described the choice of words
as 'broad, vague and ambiguous'.

They point out that it includes 'vast amounts of First Amendment protected
speech that is entirely unrelated to the Department of Homeland Security
mission to protect the public against terrorism and disasters.'

A senior Homeland Security official told the Huffington Post that the
manual 'is a starting point, not the endgame' in maintaining situational
awareness of natural and man-made threats and denied that the government
was monitoring signs of dissent.

However the agency admitted that the language used was vague and in need
of updating.

Spokesman Matthew Chandler told website: 'To ensure clarity, as part of ...
routine compliance review, DHS will review the language contained in all
materials to clearly and accurately convey the parameters and intention of
the program.'


MIND YOUR LANGUAGE: THE LIST OF KEYWORDS IN FULL

REVEALED: Hundreds of words to avoid using online if you don't want the government spying on you | Mail Online

Yeah - I know - it's the Daily Mail...

Still makes for some good reading, since you're never quite sure where the reality stops...



(Seriously - how many of those words do YOU use online? I was surprised at the number I regularly type...)

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[Blues4U]

Last night I heard there was a pork cloud over Mexico--


Take the fvckers!

 

[KSG_Standard]

I'm going to work on an epic post and try to use all those words. It'll be like a violent wave of pork exploding out of Mexico, bruteforcing it's way into the listening post...likely to cause tremors, tornadoes and blizzards of butthurt somewhere.

 

[Mr Insane]

MLP is screwed.

 

[Blues4U]

MLP is screwed.

By the Gimongus Mexican Pork Cloud

 

[Strato]

I know I'm in a world of sh*t. I just posted this video clip of my homeland security rendition the other day.

And I've switched Teams back here so many times that I don't know from one day to the next if I'm pitching or catching.
Just reading the list made me so nervous that I let off a dirty bomb in my underwear.

It can never be said that Stratottack is not a Team player though.
I should be hearing from Uncle Sam pretty zoon.

 

[Mr Insane]

Social Media must watch out for avalanche attacks.

 

[colchar]

I'm going to work on an epic post and try to use all those words. It'll be like a violent wave of pork exploding out of Mexico, bruteforcing it's way into the listening post...likely to cause tremors, tornadoes and blizzards of butthurt somewhere.

If you're posting it here you have to work the term 'butthurt' into it somehow.

 

[Roberteaux]

Thank goodness the word butthurt isn't on there... and I'm glad that I am in the habit of referring to methamphetamine as "meth" or...

Ooops! Uh-oh...

--R

 

[Blues4U]

Thank goodness the word butthurt isn't on there... and I'm glad that I am in the habit of referring to methamphetamine as "meth" or...

Ooops! Uh-oh...

--R

Will u STFU?

You are going to cause me to get a visit from the Mexican Pork Cloud cartel--sonofa--

Bad B4U--Bad B4U

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

I'm going to work on an epic post and try to use all those words. It'll be like a violent wave of pork exploding out of Mexico, bruteforcing it's way into the listening post...likely to cause tremors, tornadoes and blizzards of butthurt somewhere.

I've already done that.

http://www.mylespaul.com/forums/bac...ring-users-illegal-downloads.html#post3643528

Cut and paste that post into every place you want to spam.

 

[Roberteaux]

Will u STFU?

You are going to cause me to get a visit from the Mexican Pork Cloud cartel--sonofa--

Bad B4U--Bad B4U

WE'RE ALL DOOMED!

--R

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

I've already done that.

http://www.mylespaul.com/forums/bac...ring-users-illegal-downloads.html#post3643528

Cut and paste that post into every place you want to spam.

And you know, now that I think about it, it would be hilarious to post that on any government forums which might be out there.

I would laugh hard at the thought of the government going apeshit trying to spy on a forum that sits behind a government firewall. That might cause a divide-by-zero event.

 

[Mr Insane]

I've already done that.

http://www.mylespaul.com/forums/bac...ring-users-illegal-downloads.html#post3643528

Cut and paste that post into every place you want to spam.

DHS & Other Agencies

Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Coast Guard (USCG)
Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
Border Patrol
Secret Service (USSS)
National Operations Center (NOC)
Homeland Defense
Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE)
Agent
Task Force
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Fusion Center
Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA)
Secure Border Initiative (SBI)
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms (ATF)
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS)
Federal Air Marshal Service (FAMS)
Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
Air Marshal
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
National Guard
Red Cross
United Nations (UN)

Domestic Security

Assassination, Attack, Domestic security, Drill, Exercise, Cops, Law enforcement, Authorities, Disaster assistance, Disaster management, DNDO (Domestic Nuclear Detection Office), National preparedness, Mitigation, Prevention, Response, Recovery, Dirty Bomb, Domestic nuclear detection, Emergency management, Emergency response, First responder, Homeland security, Maritime domain, awareness (MDA), National preparedness initiative, Militia, Shooting, Shots fired, Evacuation, Deaths Hostage, Explosion (explosive), Police, Disaster medical assistance team (DMAT), Organized crime, Gangs, National security, State of emergency, Security, Breach, Threat, Standoff, SWAT, Screening, Lockdown, Bomb (squad or threat), Crash, Looting, Riot, Emergency Landing, Pipe bomb, Incident, Facility

HAZMAT & Nuclear

Hazmat, Nuclear, Chemical Spill, Suspicious package/device, Toxic, National laboratory, Nuclear facility, Nuclear threat, Cloud, Plume, Radiation, Radioactive, Leak, Biological infection (or event), Chemical, Chemical burn, Biological, Epidemic, Hazardous, Hazardous material incident, Industrial spill, Infection, Powder (white), Gas, Spillover, Anthrax, Blister agent, Exposure, Burn, Nerve agent, Ricin, Sarin, North Korea

Health Concern + H1N1

Outbreak, Contamination, Exposure, Virus, Evacuation, Bacteria, Recall, Ebola, Food Poisoning, Foot and Mouth (FMD), H5N1, Avian, Flu, Salmonella, Small Pox, Plague, Human to human, Human to ANIMAL, Influenza, Center for Disease Control (CDC), Drug Administration (FDA), Public Health, Toxic, Agro Terror, Tuberculosis (TB), Agriculture, Listeria, Symptoms, Mutation, Resistant, Antiviral, Wave, Pandemic, infection, Water/air borne, Sick, Swine, Pork, Strain, Quarantine, H1N1, Vaccine, Tamiflu, Norvo Virus, Epidemic, World Health Organization (WHO and components), Viral Hemorrhagic Fever, E. Coli

Infrastructure Security

Infrastructure security, Airport, CIKR (Critical Infrastructure & Key Resources), AMTRAK, Collapse, Computer infrastructure, Communications infrastructure, Telecommunications, Critical infrastructure, National infrastructure, Metro, WMATA, Airplane (and derivatives), Chemical fire, Subway, BART, MARTA, Port Authority, NBIC (National Biosurveillance, Integration Center), Transportation security, Grid, Power, Smart, Body scanner, Electric Failure or outage, Black out, Brown out, Port, Dock, Bridge, Canceled, Delays, Service disruption, Power lines

Southwest Border Violence

Drug cartel, Violence, Gang, Drug, Narcotics, Cocaine, Marijuana, Heroin, Border, Mexico, Cartel, Southwest, Juarez, Sinaloa, Tijuana, Torreon, Yuma, Tucson, Decapitated, U.S. Consulate, Consular, El Paso, Fort Hancock, San Diego, , Ciudad Juarez, Nogales, Sonora, Colombia, Mara salvatrucha, MS13 or MS-13, Drug war, Mexican army, Methamphetamine, Cartel de Golfo, Gulf Cartel, La Familia, Reynose, Nuevo Leon, Narcos, Narco banners (Spanish equivalents), Los Zetas, Shootout, Execution, Gunfight, Trafficking, Kidnap, Calderon, Reyosa, Bust, Tamaulipas, Meth Lab, Drug trade, Illegal immigrants, Smuggling (smugglers), Matamoros, Michoacana, Guzman, Arellano-Felix, Beltran-Leyva, Barrio Azteca, Artistics, Assassins, Mexicles, New Federation

Terrorism

Terrorism, Al Queda (all spellings), Terror, Attack, Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, Agro, Environmental terrorist, Eco terrorism, Conventional weapon, Target, Weapons grade, Dirty bomb, Enriched, Nuclear, Chemical weapon, Biological weapon, Ammonium nitrate, Improvised explosive device, IED (Improvised Explosive Device), Abu Sayyaf, Hamas, FARC (Armed Revolutionary Forces Colombia),, IRA (Irish Republican Army), ETA (Euskadi ta Askatasuna), Basque Separatists, Hezbollah, Tamil Tiger, PLF (Palestine Liberation Front), PLO (Palestine Libration Organization), Car bomb, Jihad, Taliban, Weapons cache, Suicide bomber, Suicide attack, Suspicious substance, AQAP (Al Qaeda Arabian Peninsula), AQIM (Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb), TTP (Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan), Yemen, Pirates, Extremism, Somalia, Nigeria, Radicals, Al-Shabaab, Home grown, Plot, Nationalist, Recruitment, Fundamentalism, Islamist

Weather/Disaster/Emergency

Emergency, Hurricane, Tornado, Twister, Tsunami, Earthquake, Tremor, Flood, Storm, Crest, Temblor, Extreme weather, Forest fire, Brush fire, Ice, Stranded/Stuck, Help, Hail, Wildfire, Tsunami Warning Center, Magnitude, Avalanche, Typhoon, Shelter-in-place, Disaster, Snow, Blizzard, Sleet, Mud slide or Mudslide, Erosion, Power outage, Brown out, Warning, Watch, Lightening, Aid, Relief, Closure, Interstate, Burst, Emergency Broadcast System

Cyber Security

Cyber security, Botnet, DDOS (dedicated denial of service), Denial of service, Malware, Virus, Trojan, Keylogger, Cyber Command, 2600, Spammer, Phishing, Rootkit, Phreaking, Cain and abel, Brute forcing, Mysql injection, Cyber attack, Cyber terror, Hacker, China, Conficker, Worm, Scammers, Social media

The Department of Homeland Security Is Searching Your Facebook and Twitter for These Words — ANIMAL

 

[Eric Smith]

So if I post this on FB can I expect to be greeted by DHS agents in the morning? What if I copy and paste the list or retype it?

 

[Eric Smith]

Sorry, I guess I should read the whole thread before posting stupid questions.

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

I'm going to highlight words in that list. Chew on this.

DHS & Other Agencies

Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Coast Guard (USCG)
Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
Border Patrol
Secret Service (USSS)
National Operations Center (NOC)
Homeland Defense
Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE)
Agent
Task Force
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Fusion Center
Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA)
Secure Border Initiative (SBI)
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms (ATF)
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS)
Federal Air Marshal Service (FAMS)
Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
Air Marshal
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
National Guard
Red Cross
United Nations (UN)

Domestic Security

Assassination, Attack, Domestic security, Drill, Exercise, Cops, Law enforcement, Authorities, Disaster assistance, Disaster management, DNDO (Domestic Nuclear Detection Office), National preparedness, Mitigation, Prevention, Response, Recovery, Dirty Bomb, Domestic nuclear detection, Emergency management, Emergency response, First responder, Homeland security, Maritime domain, awareness (MDA), National preparedness initiative, Militia, Shooting, Shots fired, Evacuation, Deaths Hostage, Explosion (explosive), Police, Disaster medical assistance team (DMAT), Organized crime, Gangs, National security, State of emergency, Security, Breach, Threat, Standoff, SWAT, Screening, Lockdown, Bomb (squad or threat), Crash, Looting, Riot, Emergency Landing, Pipe bomb, Incident, Facility

HAZMAT & Nuclear

Hazmat, Nuclear, Chemical Spill, Suspicious package/device, Toxic, National laboratory, Nuclear facility, Nuclear threat, Cloud, Plume, Radiation, Radioactive, Leak, Biological infection (or event), Chemical, Chemical burn, Biological, Epidemic, Hazardous, Hazardous material incident, Industrial spill, Infection, Powder (white), Gas, Spillover, Anthrax, Blister agent, Exposure, Burn, Nerve agent, Ricin, Sarin, North Korea

Health Concern + H1N1

Outbreak, Contamination, Exposure, Virus, Evacuation, Bacteria, Recall, Ebola, Food Poisoning, Foot and Mouth (FMD), H5N1, Avian, Flu, Salmonella, Small Pox, Plague, Human to human, Human to ANIMAL, Influenza, Center for Disease Control (CDC), Drug Administration (FDA), Public Health, Toxic, Agro Terror, Tuberculosis (TB), Agriculture, Listeria, Symptoms, Mutation, Resistant, Antiviral, Wave, Pandemic, infection, Water/air borne, Sick, Swine, Pork, Strain, Quarantine, H1N1, Vaccine, Tamiflu, Norvo Virus, Epidemic, World Health Organization (WHO and components), Viral Hemorrhagic Fever, E. Coli

Infrastructure Security

Infrastructure security, Airport, CIKR (Critical Infrastructure & Key Resources), AMTRAK, Collapse, Computer infrastructure, Communications infrastructure, Telecommunications, Critical infrastructure, National infrastructure, Metro, WMATA, Airplane (and derivatives), Chemical fire, Subway, BART, MARTA, Port Authority, NBIC (National Biosurveillance, Integration Center), Transportation security, Grid, Power, Smart, Body scanner, Electric Failure or outage, Black out, Brown out, Port, Dock, Bridge, Canceled, Delays, Service disruption, Power lines

Southwest Border Violence

Drug cartel, Violence, Gang, Drug, Narcotics, Cocaine, Marijuana, Heroin, Border, Mexico, Cartel, Southwest, Juarez, Sinaloa, Tijuana, Torreon, Yuma, Tucson, Decapitated, U.S. Consulate, Consular, El Paso, Fort Hancock, San Diego, , Ciudad Juarez, Nogales, Sonora, Colombia, Mara salvatrucha, MS13 or MS-13, Drug war, Mexican army, Methamphetamine, Cartel de Golfo, Gulf Cartel, La Familia, Reynose, Nuevo Leon, Narcos, Narco banners (Spanish equivalents), Los Zetas, Shootout, Execution, Gunfight, Trafficking, Kidnap, Calderon, Reyosa, Bust, Tamaulipas, Meth Lab, Drug trade, Illegal immigrants, Smuggling (smugglers), Matamoros, Michoacana, Guzman, Arellano-Felix, Beltran-Leyva, Barrio Azteca, Artistics, Assassins, Mexicles, New Federation

Terrorism

Terrorism, Al Queda (all spellings), Terror, Attack, Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, Agro, Environmental terrorist, Eco terrorism, Conventional weapon, Target, Weapons grade, Dirty bomb, Enriched, Nuclear, Chemical weapon, Biological weapon, Ammonium nitrate, Improvised explosive device, IED (Improvised Explosive Device), Abu Sayyaf, Hamas, FARC (Armed Revolutionary Forces Colombia),, IRA (Irish Republican Army), ETA (Euskadi ta Askatasuna), Basque Separatists, Hezbollah, Tamil Tiger, PLF (Palestine Liberation Front), PLO (Palestine Libration Organization), Car bomb, Jihad, Taliban, Weapons cache, Suicide bomber, Suicide attack, Suspicious substance, AQAP (Al Qaeda Arabian Peninsula), AQIM (Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb), TTP (Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan), Yemen, Pirates, Extremism, Somalia, Nigeria, Radicals, Al-Shabaab, Home grown, Plot, Nationalist, Recruitment, Fundamentalism, Islamist

Weather/Disaster/Emergency

Emergency, Hurricane, Tornado, Twister, Tsunami, Earthquake, Tremor, Flood, Storm, Crest, Temblor, Extreme weather, Forest fire, Brush fire, Ice, Stranded/Stuck, Help, Hail, Wildfire, Tsunami Warning Center, Magnitude, Avalanche, Typhoon, Shelter-in-place, Disaster, Snow, Blizzard, Sleet, Mud slide or Mudslide, Erosion, Power outage, Brown out, Warning, Watch, Lightening, Aid, Relief, Closure, Interstate, Burst, Emergency Broadcast System


Cyber Security

Cyber security, Botnet, DDOS (dedicated denial of service), Denial of service, Malware, Virus, Trojan, Keylogger, Cyber Command, 2600, Spammer, Phishing, Rootkit, Phreaking, Cain and abel, Brute forcing, Mysql injection, Cyber attack, Cyber terror, Hacker, China, Conficker, Worm, Scammers, Social media

Chew on that for a little bit.

 

[sonar1]

When I was in the service (about 40+ years ago) to even utter the initials NSA was to be in fear of spending time in Federal Custody and getting a DD after stretch at Leavenworth.

Pffft.
NSA NSA NSA NSA NSA NSA NSA NSA !!!!!!!!!!!!




HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


NEENER NEENER NEENER!!!

 

[Thermionik]

Granny's recent biological washing powder spillover was toxic to the shoots in the garden and a threat to the drill, sorry - dill, plant. But "domestic security", aka momma, called it a state of emergency, and insisted on a total lockdown before too many plant deaths ensued.

It was a strain, brown out on the lawn is likely - though on the upside some dock plants did die, but the critical infrastructure of the grass is still good, and none of our home grown petunia seedlings are compromised. The worms may have suffered in the flood, but generally, disaster was diverted - less a total meltdown, more a tsunami in a tea-cup.....

It's like when I visited the USA back in '85. Dude at LAX looked at my passport, looked at me and then said in a cool, calm and articulate voice:-
"Sir, do you, or anyone associated with you, intend to overthrow the government of the United States of America during your visit to our country?"

Just for a split second my brain formulated the answer "Why yes, yes I do, but it's a secret, so keep it to yourself....." but my lady kicked my ankle and I replied "No sir, I do not" and they let me in.
God Bless America.

 

[Backstage]

1984.