September 22, 2004

TSA Orders Airlines to Turn Over Passenger Data

The badly kept secret is now official government policy airlines are being ordered to turnover passenger data for the month of June. The Transportation Security Administration will use the information to test its secure flight program. The program is designed to prescreen airline passengers against a list of suspected terrorist or their aliases. The current system of airline passenger screening is faulted for numerous errors that have inconvenienced travelers, including a member of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives.

Airlines Told to Turn Over Passenger Data, ABCNEWS.com, September 21, 2004