Massive Surveillance Keeps Track of Travel, Even the Size Bed you Sleep in.

[illinoisprogressive]

this is not just freaky. It's scary. alot has to do with Bush and Cheney and uber paranoia but, I also think it also has to do with something for corporations to profit from. This is more about control and corporations than terrorists.




The Bush Administration has been collecting detailed records on the travel habits of Americans headed overseas, whether you fly, drive or take cruises abroad -- not simply your method of transit but the personal items you carry with you and the people you stay with, according to documents and statements obtained by the Washington Post.

They even keep sometimes keep track of what books you read. For as long as 15 years.

In a terrifying front-page article Saturday, the Post outlines the latest in US government surveillance.

According to officials, the records are intended "to assess the security threat posed by all travelers entering the country. Officials say the records, which are analyzed by the department's Automated Targeting System, help border officials distinguish potential terrorists from innocent people entering the country."

The new details suggest a much broader net than that. The details of the program were revealed when a group of activists requested copies of records on their travel and found someone had written a note about their flashlight carrying the symbol of a marijuana leaf.

"The Automated Targeting System has been used to screen passengers since the mid-1990s, but the collection of data for it has been greatly expanded and automated since 2002, according to former DHS officials," the Post said.

"The federal government is trying to build a surveillance society," said John Gilmore, a civil liberties activist in San Francisco whose records were requested and then first revealed in Wired News. The government, he said, "may be doing it with the best or worst of intentions. ... But the job of building a surveillance database and populating it with information about us is happening largely without our awareness and without our consent."


http://www.alternet.org/rights/63345/

[Amonester]

1. Corporations (the BIG ones, anyway) R terrorists.

Yes, they R.

They want our money... and they want it ALL.

They don't care if we all end up in bankrupcy.

As long as their CEOs & Bored members can keep boosting their Options...

[DaveJ]

2. "may be doing it with the best or worst of intentions"

It's a shame we can't even be sure about that.

[MLFerrell]

5. "It's a shame we can't even be sure about that."

With "Cock Cheney" and the "Tard-Decider" in charge, you can be sure that it's being done with the WORST possible intentions...

[robinlynne]

3. unfortunately, senate gives them our consent, without our consent.

[monktonman]

4. They would do it anyway

Like the senate could stop the big dick.
Puhleeeze.