[Infowarrior] - Rare peek at DHS's files on travelers

[Richard Forno]

A rare peek at Homeland Security's files on travelers
Posted by: Sean O'Neill, Monday, Dec 22, 2008, 12:12 PM

The oversize white envelope bore the blue logo of the Department of  
Homeland Security. Inside, I found 20 photocopies of the government's  
records on my international travels. Every overseas trip I've taken  
since 2001 was noted.

I had requested the files after I had heard that the government tracks  
"passenger activity." Starting in the mid-1990s, many airlines handed  
over passenger records. Since 2002, the government has mandated that  
the commercial airlines deliver this information routinely and  
electronically.

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