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U.S. Government Wants June Passenger Records

Posted by timothy on from the all-of-them-that-is dept.

danwiz was one of several readers to point out the Associated Press story (carried here by the Boston Globe) which says that that the Transportation Security Administration plans to issue an emergency order requiring that U.S. airlines turn over passenger data for all June 2004 flights to the government within 40 days. "Such data may include credit card numbers, address, telephone number and meal request. Perhaps unrelated to terrorism, the data will be also tested to see if fraud or identity theft can be detected."

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  1. Conspiracy by dsk052 · · Score: 5, Funny

    The good news is it shoots a hole in all the conspiracy theorists idea that the government has this information readily availalbe all the time. :)

    1. Re:Conspiracy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Maybe they already do and this is just a smoke screen to give the impression that they don't.

  2. Re:Comment period by stoborrobots · · Score: 2, Funny

    Sad, but true....

    Guess that's the end of liberty, for the illusion of temporary safety...

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    "Go to CNN [for a] spell-checked, fact-checked summary" -- CmdrTaco
  3. Re:so how long untill I become a criminal? by SimianOverlord · · Score: 2, Funny

    OK, it's quite simple.

    1. You're using Firefox
    2. You had two tabs open
    3. With two YRO stories
    4. You replied to the wrong one.
    5. You want this one.
    6. Someone will shortly claim your soon-to-be reposted comment is a dupe and point to the one in this story as proof.
    7. You will lose more karma.
    Therefore:

    *Don't post while drunk.*

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    Meine Schwester ist sehr, sehr reizvoll - Nietzsche
  4. Re:Comment period by Old+Uncle+Bill · · Score: 3, Funny

    No, it's obvious it is all working. We haven't had any terrorist attacks since 9/11, so the logical conclusion is that all of this invasion of privacy is working. Oh wait...

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    Yes, I am an agent of Satan, but my duties are largely ceremonial.
  5. Re:Comment period by sjalex · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well, you wouldn't want to invade their privacy.