JetBlue Gives Away Passenger Info To TSA?

Old Ben Franklin writes "In September of 2002, JetBlue Airways secretly gave the Transportation Security Administration the full travel records of 5 million JetBlue customers. This sensitive travel data was then turned-over to a private security contractor for analysis, the results of which were presented at a security conference earlier this year and the analysis then posted on the Internet." This comes after Wired News's recent article on this matter, explaining that "...the proposed government system to prevent terrorism by color-coding airline passengers according to their risk level will be tested using old passenger itineraries from JetBlue", but quoting a TSA spokesman as saying that "currently only fake passenger data was being used."

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Re:PLEASE MOD PARENT UP - NOT FLAMEBAIT

[iworm]

No, *this* is not Offtopic, and the parent is *not* Flamebait. Which idiot Mod thinks it is? Come on, show yourself now or pray I don't find you in meta-mod.

More CivLib Hypocritical Hysteria

[n9fzx]

While some of the hysteria regarding the War on Terror is well founded, may I ask where were you when the Clinton Administration was systematically disassembling the Right to Keep and Bear Arms? From the Brady Bill's intrusive databases to "assault weapon" (whatever that means) bans, the Clintons trashed the Second Amendment, with the silent consent of folks like the ACLU and EFF.

Frankly, if I have to put up with a background check before I can buy a squirrel rifle, then you can deal with a credit check before you board your Weapon-of-Mass-Destruction...