TSA Violated Privacy Act 315
pin_gween writes "Remember when the TSA said they wanted info on travelers last year? They said they were only using names to test new software. Apparently, they lied. The Guardian has an AP wire about a Congressional report on the TSA. From the article: 'The agency actually took 43,000 names of passengers and used about 200,000 variations of those names - who turned out to be real people who may not have flown that month, the GAO said. A TSA contractor collected 100 million records on those names.' They also 'published a second notice indicating that it would do the things it had earlier said it wouldn't do.' A TSA spokesman said the info will be destroyed when the test is over. My question -- will the test actually end?"
Fly Safe .... (Score:5, Funny)
I'm starting a grass roots initiative right here, right now. Every passenger will be required to fly naked under the influence of ecstasy. As a result, we will have no hi-jackers, at least not the kind that commandeer aircraft.
TSA Violated Privacy Act (Score:5, Funny)
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Re:Fly Safe .... (Score:3, Funny)
they could give us all those skimpy hospital gowns though... that would cover us "enough" bonus points if its red, white, & blue.
Brilliant Strategy (Score:5, Funny)
Terrorists hate America because they hate our freedom, right? By taking away Americans' freedom, you effectively remove the terrorist threat. Take that Osama Hussein!
Re:The reason that we must not give up our freedom (Score:4, Funny)
That is what worries me- How thoroughly are the contractors being vetted? If you visit the Federal Biz Opportunities site http://fbo.gov/ [fbo.gov] you will see that the gov't contacts out incredible amounts of work. I trust the US Military with my security (We could argue about the military and privacy all day so lets not bring that up), but why is our security being contacted out? That is what worries me. Where is the accountability???
They don't care. They don't have to. They're the US Government!
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In Soviet Russia (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Fly Safe .... (Score:1, Funny)