FBI Gang List Includes all Licensed (M) Drivers

Obviously looking for trouble. 

Log Item: The FBI hates me. In the photo (right) I am wearing black clothing and riding a black motorcycle in the crime blighted city of Newport Beach, California. Does that add to the criminal profile that the FBI is compiling? According to the Washington Post, it might.

(Washington Post) MSNBC correspondent Jeremy Lancaster sat down with government official Darrin Cornia to discuss recent rumors that have been in circulation in regard to registered motorcycle owners being placed on a classified FBI gang list. 

Darrin Cornia who currently holds a position within the National Security Branch of the government agreed to complete transparency prior to the interview with MSNBC’s Jeremy Lancaster and did remain direct and seemingly forthright throughout his conversation with Lancaster.

After a few moments of introduction, Lancaster bluntly asked the following question,” Mr. Cornia, if I were to make the statement, all registered motorcycle owners are currently showing on a classified FBI gang list, would the statement be true or false? 

Cornia responded by saying, “That would be a true statement, the FBI has been collecting and compiling Department of Motor Vehicles and Drivers License Division records for the purpose of adding those that own motorcycles to a classified gang list since 1994. 

Lancaster asked Cornia to explain the reasoning behind the list which seems inappropriately broad, to Cornia answered the question with the following statement, “It’s nothing more than collecting and utilizing data. We may not like to admit it, but the truth of the matter is that those that own and operate motorcycles are 67% more likely to be involved in illegal or criminal activity than those that do not own or operate a motorcycle.” 

The National Security Official went on to explain, “It’s the same as firearms, if local P.D or Highway Patrol were to pull someone over that is a registered firearm owner, that officer has the right to know this information going into the interaction, the same could be said about a local P.D or Highway Patrol Officer that pulled over a registered motorcycle owner, the situations are honestly interchangeable in the eyes of National and Homeland Security. 

MSNBC correspondent Jeremy Lancaster asked Cornia if placing citizens on a gang list just because they are registered motorcycle owners is considered as profiling, Cornia responded to the question by saying, “as a nation do we complain when we add someone that has a Crips or Bloods tattoo to a gang list even though the individual swears up and down that they don’t have gang affiliation? Again these are 2 situations that are interchangeable, we can’t pick and choose.” 

Lancaster asked how individuals can find out if they are on this classified gang list to which Cornia responded, “Did you register a motorcycle or obtain a Class M license anytime between the year 1994 and 2015? If so, than you are on the list.”

I wonder if the FBI hates me more because I ride a motorcycle made in Italy than they would if I had bought one that was made in America?

I honestly don't know why everyone licensed to ride a motorcycle has made it to an FBI list. But mine is a "Devil"...but since the list is classified, there is no way to know if I've been singled out for special treatment.

I find it incredible that tax dollars are used for that drivel, but with 60 million Americans on food stamps, and Obamacare being in vogue and with prisons paying for gender reassignment surgery for prisoners, why not track everyone who has a motorcycle license or owns a motorcycle and put it on a secret list. Being that we're all such profound threats to national security, how is the FBI cataloging passengers who ride on the back of our motorcycles?