Northwest Sued for Divulging Customer Information 22
ChazeFroy writes "Northwest Airlines is now being sued for giving customer information to the government. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in US District Court in St. Paul MN, contends that the airline violated its own privacy policy as well as federal and state laws."
Re:My fellow Slashdotters (Score:3, Informative)
The applause for "Key provisions of the Patriot Act are set to expire next year" was predominantly by the Democrats
You mean the same Democrats that voted for it??
"The Patriot Act: One Step Closer to a Police State?" [thenorthstarnetwork.com]:
H.R. 3162 was passed on Roll Call 398 in the House of Representatives on October 24 by a vote of 357 in favor, 66 against and 9 members not voting. The partisan split was 211 Republicans voting in favor, 3 casting no votes and 5 not voting. There were 145 Democrats supporting the bill, 62 voting against and four not voting. There was one Independent voting in the affirmative and one voting against the bill.