November 12, 2004

Feds Order Airlines to Turn Over Passenger Travel Info

Once again, the federal government has publically ordered airlines to turn over airline passenger data for the month of June so that it may be used to test a passenger screen application. The information will be compared against two government watch list under a program dubbed "Secure Flight." The passenger screen program conducted by the Transportation Security Administration an agency within the Homeland Security Department has been heavily critized because of the number of errors made when using those government lists.

U.S. Orders Airlines to Turn Over Passenger Data for Test, New York Times, November 12, 2004