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American Airlines Is Third Company To Share Data
crem_d_genes writes "American Airlines has become the third U.S. airline to admit sharing passenger records with the government. They were proceeded in admissions by Northwest Airlines and JetBlue Airways. At the heart of the matter is the implementation of the of U.S. Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) use of the provisions known as CAPPS II. Some privacy advocates have expressed strong dissent with this plan. Some concerns have even been brought up in Congress, though for different reasons. The Department of Homeland Security has a site entitled CAPPS II: Myths and Facts."
This is totally wrong. I travel in Europe frequently and I am (almost) never asked my nationality/passport in hotels. There are a few exceptions though, but it is not the rule.
I'll do it for cheesy poofs.
It is possible.
They could have backups only going one month, or something like that. Then, they just shred/burn all the backups which are over a month old. They did say that the records would be kept for a short period. One month is fairly short.
It's called records management. Trust me, there are people who live for this sort of thing.
www.timcoleman.com is a total waste of your time. Never go there.
One thing that annoys me is this apparent belief that "Omigod! There's this new threat, terrorism!
Terrorism isn't a new threat in the USA, and it certainly ain't a new threat in the rest of the World. Leaving aside the flippant, UK-centric, remark that the USA was founded out of terrorism ("one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter", etc) the USA has had the Weathermen, the UNAbomber, various militias, etc. Even "Christian" terrorists have been murdering doctors and blowing up clinics.
(I was going to say how terrorism as a threat is overrated, but I can't think of a way to say it without cheapening the ordeal of everyone who's ever suffered in a terrorist attrocity. Suffice it to say that there is suffering caused by many, many other things that we choose to ignore)
Damn! Just caught your comment about Echelon. No more trans-atlantic flights for this bad boy!
This is where the serious fun begins.
Coincidentally I was fortunate to spend most of the '80s living in Oman (north, round Muscat, though I did occasionally get to visit Dhofar and stare at a distant border with the then Peoples Democratic Republic of Yemen).
I couldn't agree with you more. Creating martyrs never works; improving infrastructure (schools, hospitals, roads) usually works. Within 10 years Communist insurgency in Oman was limited to geurillas crossing the border from Yemen: the local Dhofaris had no sympathies for the insurgents.
Fascinating link, by the way.
This is where the serious fun begins.
Parent's link is a pack of lies
Too bad that little story was entirely made up. There are 260 million Americans, what makes you think the Government cares where YOU go or why (barring anything illegal)?
It's total ego-strokage to think you're important enough for anyone to care about you. The world does not revolve around kiddy socialists.