Ethically indefensible, and yet another scenario ripe for abuse. You'll have to give the govt personal biometric data -- retinal scans, fingerprints, god knows what else (and sure, they'll never compromise that data!). Then you have to be a frequent flyer or just wealthy -- the rich can always get around rules that the rest of us have to follow. Otherwise, you're screwed. Why should people who can't afford to fly very often have to endure more scrutiny? Is it okay that the hoi polloi continue to get abused, as long as the wealthy aren't inconvenienced?
And don’t you think that people with the patience and fortitude to plan 9/11 will also be able to get around this system?
Furthermore, even those who do agree to provide all this info will still be subject to more invasive searching if the TSA finds an "anomaly." That's their all-purpose trigger for abuse now; it's not going to change once this so-called Trusted Traveler system is in place.
Here's an idea -- in honor of the late, great Color Code Terror Threat alert system, let’s just slap a big ol' orange sticker on the "risky" travelers. Yeah, history has never shown us anything like that before!
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Ethically indefensible, and yet another scenario ripe for abuse. You'll have to give the govt personal biometric data -- retinal scans, fingerprints, god knows what else (and sure, they'll never compromise that data!). Then you have to be a frequent flyer or just wealthy -- the rich can always get around rules that the rest of us have to follow. Otherwise, you're screwed. Why should people who can't afford to fly very often have to endure more scrutiny? Is it okay that the hoi polloi continue to get abused, as long as the wealthy aren't inconvenienced? And don’t you think that people with the patience and fortitude to plan 9/11 will also be able to get around this system? Furthermore, even those who do agree to provide all this info will still be subject to more invasive searching if the TSA finds an "anomaly." That's their all-purpose trigger for abuse now; it's not going to change once this so-called Trusted Traveler system is in place. Here's an idea -- in honor of the late, great Color Code Terror Threat alert system, let’s just slap a big ol' orange sticker on the "risky" travelers. Yeah, history has never shown us anything like that before!