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The ATA got 19.3 million this year to train truck drivers to help in Homeland Security.在阿拉木图了一千九百三十零点○○○万今年火车卡车司机在帮助国土安全。 That seems like a lot of money to give people a super secret special phone number.这似乎给人们一个超级秘密的特殊电话号码一样了很多钱。 I received an email from OOIDA about a survey they were doing about the Highway watch progam.我收到OOIDA有关调查，他们对公路手表progam做一个电子邮件。 I was very negative about the whole thing.我感到非常消极的关于整个事情。 I think it's a waste of time and money.我认为这是浪费时间和金钱。 Here's part of the reason for that – (I cringe every time a truck driver is interviewed,)这里的原因为何部分- （我畏缩每一名卡车司机的采访，时间）

Homeland Security 'Highway Watch' Stasi Program Trains Americans to Spy on Each Other 国土安全部'公路观赏'斯塔西计划列车美国人互相间谍

After the session in Little Rock, two newly initiated Highway Watch members sat down for the catered barbecue lunch.之后，在小石城的会议上，两个新发起的公路观赏成员坐下来为照顾烧烤午餐。 The truckers, who haul hazardous material across 48 states, explained how easy it is to spot “Islamics” on the road: just look for their turbans.货柜车司机，谁在48个州长途有害物质的解释是多么容易辨认Islamics“在路上”：只要看看他们的头巾。 Quite a few of them are truck drivers, says William Westfall of Van Buren, Ark. “I'll be honest.不少其中一些是卡车司机说，威廉范布伦，阿肯色州韦斯特福尔“我会诚实的。 They know they're not welcome at truck stops.他们知道他们不是欢迎卡车停止。 There's still a lot of animosity toward Islamics.” Eddie Dean of Fort Smith, Ark., also has little doubt about his ability to identify Muslims: “You can tell where they're from.目前，仍然是一对Islamics仇恨了。“埃迪的史密斯堡，阿肯色州，院长也对他的能力，以确定穆斯林毫无疑问：”你可以告诉他们从地方。 You can hear their accents.你可以听到他们的口音。 They're not real clean people.”他们不是真正的干净的人。“

“Look for the turbans”, that's a brilliant piece of detective work, Gomer. “看的头巾”，这是一个侦探工作，戈默辉煌件。 Is that all he got out of the expensive seminar?是所有他找了昂贵的研讨会上？ That and a barbecue lunch.这和一个烧烤午餐。 That comment may not be typical, but there are a lot of people like that.这种意见可能不典型，但有许多这样的人很多。 That guys quote was probably edited by the reporter and raghead was replaced with Islamic.这家伙可能是报价的编辑记者和raghead是与伊斯兰取代。 “They're not real clean”? “他们不是真正的干净”？ People can say the same thing about a lot of the truck drivers out here.人们可以说，一个卡车司机的很多同样的事情在这里。

That kind of prejudice is hard to undo, but it's a shame Beatty's slide show did not mention that in the US, it's almost always Sikhs who wear turbans, not Muslims. 这是一种偏见很难撤消，但它是一种耻辱比蒂的幻灯片放映没有提到在美国，它几乎总是锡克谁戴头巾，而不是穆斯林。 Last year a Sikh truck driver who was wearing a turban was shot twice while standing near his tractor trailer in Phoenix, Ariz. He survived the attack, which police are investigating as a hate crime. 去年 ， 锡克教的卡车司机是谁戴头巾 ， 而两次被枪杀在凤凰城附近的拖拉机拖车的地位，亚利桑那州 ， 他幸存下来的攻击，警方正在成为仇恨犯罪调查。

And now these Gomers' feel empowered to rat on them raghead's.而现在这些Gomers'感到他们有权对大鼠raghead的。 Why can't we keep on eye out for suspicious activity without a class.为什么我们不能保持可疑的活动就没有一流的眼睛了。 And use the 19 mill for something worthwhile instead of ATA pork.并使用一些有意义的事情，而不是阿拉木图猪肉19厂。 Next year it's going to be expanded (more money).明年将是扩大（更多的钱）。

So how exactly does one spot a terrorist on the highway? 那么究竟是如何一处公路上的恐怖分子？ Members of Highway Watch are given a secret toll-free number to report any suspicious behavior — people taking pictures of bridges, for example, or passengers handling heavy backpacks with unusual care. 公路观察议员是有一个秘密免费电话举报任何可疑的行为-人到桥梁的照片，例如，或不寻常的乘客小心处理与大背包。 “We want to hear from you when something just doesn't look right,” Beatty said. “我们希望听到你的东西时 ， 只是看起来不正确，”贝蒂说。 “Say you're out at a truck stop and you see someone hanging out near your truck, wearing a jacket. “假设你在一辆卡车内停止 ， 你看到有人挂出你的车附近，穿夹克。 Maybe it's too hot out for a jacket. 也许这是太热为一件夹克。 Go back inside, alert someone and check him out through the window.” 回到内，警惕有人检查透过窗户他。“

ATA needs 19 million for that?阿拉木图需要，19万？

The Highway Watch website boasts that the program is open to “an elite core [sic] of truck drivers” who must have clean driving and employment records.公路观察网站宣称，该计划是开放]卡车司机“到”精英的核心[原文谁必须要有良好的驾驶和就业记录。 In fact, their records are not vetted by the American Trucking Associations.事实上，他们的记录不是均由美国货车运输协会。 At the Little Rock event, some came in off the street without preregistering.在小石城事件，有些是在街头，在没有preregistering。

ATA had to fill the seats so they go to the truck stop and get some drivers that have nothing better to do and offer them a free lunch.阿拉木图已填补议席，使他们到车停下来让一些司机已经没事做，并为他们提供免费的午餐。

However, the organization is highly security conscious about other parts of its operations. 然而，该组织是非常安全的有关其业务的其他部分意识。 It refuses to disclose the exact location of its hotline call center or the number of operators working there. 它拒绝透露其热线呼叫中心或经营者的数目在那里工作的确切位置。 “It could be infiltrated,” says Dawn Apple, Highway Watch's director of training and recruitment. “这可能是渗透，说：”黎明苹果，公路观察的培训和招募主任。

Infiltrated?渗透？ Aren't we taking this super secret stuff a little too seriously?难道我们采取这一超级秘密的东西看得过重？

What's clear is that Highway Watch is a morale booster for drivers. 可以肯定的是 ， 公路是观赏司机士气。 “I don't want to sound too hokey, but truck drivers are a very patriotic bunch,” says Mike Russell, a spokesman for the organization. “我不想显得太做作，但卡车司机是一个非常爱国的一群，”迈克说罗素，是该组织的发言人。 “It made sense for us to take advantage of what we do every day — which is, basically, patrol major highways through a windshield.” “是有意义的 ， 我们利用我们每天做的好处-这是根本，主要公路巡逻透过挡风玻璃。”

And it gives us a ton of money to blow and make us feel important.它为我们提供了大量的金钱的冲击，让我们感觉自己很重要。
Here we have the results of that specialized training and free barbecue lunch –在这里我们得到的结果，专门培训和免费的烧烤午餐-

Just three days after his training in Little Rock, veteran Wal-Mart truck driver Danny Ewell found cause to call Highway Watch. 仅仅三天之后 ， 他的训练在小石城，老将沃尔玛的卡车司机丹尼尤厄尔发现导致调用公路观察。 On Father's Day, as he was leaving a Red Lobster in Johnson City, Tenn., he saw a young man walking between two cars with an orange T shirt draped over his arm. 在父亲节那天，他在离开约翰逊城，美国田纳西州一红龙虾，他看到一名年轻男子从两辆汽车走路橙色T在他的手臂披上衬衣。 Peeking out from under the T shirt was a semiautomatic weapon. 偷看从T恤下的是一出半自动武器。 “Because of the training, I knew to look at his height and his hair color, and I got the make and plates of his car,” Ewell says. 由于培训“，我知道看他的身高和他的头发的颜色，我得到了让和他的车牌，”尤厄尔说。 “Normally I would have just looked at his clothes. “通常我会只是看着他的衣服。 But now I know to look for things that won't change.” Ewell called 911 and Highway Watch. 但现在我知道寻找的东西 ， 也不会改变。“尤厄尔打了911和公路观察。 Local police responded but were unable to find the man. 当地警方答复 ， 但无法找到该名男子。 Ewell, at least, had done his part. 尤厄尔，至少，做了他的一部分。

Why make two calls?为什么要两个电话？ After getting his plate number he disappeared in thin air?在得到他的车牌号码，他在空气稀薄消失了？ Can't they look up your home address if they have your license plate number?不能他们查找您的家庭地址，如果他们有您的车牌号码？ At least he done his part, good job trucker.至少他做他的一部分，搞好卡车司机。

But — and this is important — Highway Watch members are just messengers, not superheroes, Beatty said. 但是-这一点很重要-公路观赏成员只是信使，而不是超人，贝蒂说。 The hotline call center in Kentucky logs the information it receives in a database and contacts law enforcement when necessary. 在肯塔基州热线呼叫中心的资料记录在数据库和联系人执法时得到必要的。 It usually isn't. 它通常不是。 Of the 200 or so calls that come in each month, only about 10 have anything to do with suspected terrorism. 在200个左右的要求 ， 在每月来，只有约10人与任何涉嫌恐怖主义。 Most callers report abandoned vehicles, stranded motorists or roadway hazards. 大部分听众报告弃置车辆，滞留车辆或道路的危险。

We're spending an ungodly amount of money for a super secret call center to report abandoned vehicles and roadway hazards?我们花了一个超级秘密呼叫中心报告，被遗弃的车辆和道路危险的金钱不敬神多少？ What kind of moron calls Highway Watch about a road hazard?什么样的白痴呼吁有关道路危险公路观赏？ 10 calls out of 200 have anything to do with terrorism. 10出200个有什么关系与恐怖主义。 Maybe we need a class about what kind of calls to make to the Highway Watch and when to call local authorities.也许我们需要一个什么样的要求作出类公路观察，当调用地方当局。

Highway Watch members are instructed to look for certain kinds of behavior — not certain kinds of people. 公路观赏成员指示的某些行为研究-对某些类型的人没有。 “Profiling is bad. “仿形是坏的。 Bad, bad, bad,” Beatty said. 坏，坏，坏，“贝蒂说。

Gomer must have missed that part of the class.戈默必须有错过的那部分类。

I'm not against reporting terrorists and protecting America.我不反对报告的恐怖分子和保护美国。 I question this method.我怀疑这个方法。 Maybe a little training and some pamphlets.也许一个小小的训练和一些小册子。 But an entire program adminstered by ATA with a secret call center and high dollar instructors?但是，整个程序由阿拉木图adminstered的秘密呼叫中心和高美元教师？ 19 million this year, 22 million next year, for what?一千九百万今年，有2200万，明年，为了什么？ It's a good idea that some bureaucrat got a hold of and it got out of control.这是一个好主意，一些官僚得到了它的持有和失控。

UPDATE: An anonymous comment was posted that I deleted mainly because I don't like “anonymous” comments.更新：匿名评论被张贴了，我删除了，主要是因为我不喜欢“匿名”评论。 But maybe this point wasn't clear – I'm pretty sure Homeland Security or the ATA class that Gomer went to, DID NOT teach him to recognize “Islamics” by the turban.不过也许这一点并不清楚-我敢肯定，美国国土安全部或阿拉木图类戈默去，不教他认识到Islamics“的头巾”。 I was being sarcastic.我被讽刺。