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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"I think the best way to look at it is as a pre-crime assessment every time you fly,”
Identity Project consultant Edward Hasbrouck told the Times. The default will be the highest, most intrusive level of search, and anything less will be conditioned on providing some additional information in some fashion.
story:
TSA accessing government and private databases to pre-screen everyone
It shouldnt come as a surprise to many, but Times reporter Susan Stellin revealed this week that the TSA has access to a trove of huge databases both federally and privately run which it uses to keep track of information about almost anyone traveling through American airspace.
http://rt.com/usa/tsa-databases-passenger-info-555/
New York Times version:
Security Check Now Starts Long Before You Fly
The Transportation Security Administration is expanding its screening of passengers before they arrive at the airport by searching a wide array of government and private databases that can include records like car registrations and employment information.
While the agency says that the goal is to streamline the security procedures for millions of passengers who pose no risk, the new measures give the government greater authority to use travelers data for domestic airport screenings. Previously that level of scrutiny applied only to individuals entering the United States.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/22/business/security-check-now-starts-long-before-you-fly.html?_r=0
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)Gormy Cuss
(30,884 posts)I'm not at all surprised. Once the rule changed requiring airlines to get passengers' DOBs it was obvious that the TSA was doing some heavy data mining.
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)could fund single-payer easily, along with a bunch of other things...
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)I obviously have not flown since TSA.
Nor will I.
Gormy Cuss
(30,884 posts)Just another gift from the Vaterland Security.
http://www.consumertraveler.com/today/no-birthdate-no-ticket-tsa-secure-flight-is-sneaking-up-on-travelers/
Downwinder
(12,869 posts)KoKo
(84,711 posts)woo me with science
(32,139 posts)It gets steadily worse, no matter which party is in power.