[privacy] U.S. Effort To Collect Traveler Information More Extensive Than Previo usly Known

["Paul Ferguson" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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Via The Washington Post.

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The U.S. government is collecting electronic records on the travel habits
of millions of Americans who fly, drive or take cruises abroad, retaining
data on the persons with whom they travel or plan to stay, the personal
items they carry during their journeys, and even the books that travelers
have carried, according to documents obtained by a group of civil liberties
advocates and statements by government officials.

The personal travel records are meant to be stored for as long as 15 years,
as part of the Department of Homeland Security's effort to assess the
security threat posed by all travelers entering the country. Officials say
the records, which are analyzed by the department's Automated Targeting
System, help border officials distinguish potential terrorists from
innocent people entering the country.

But new details about the information being retained suggest that the
government is monitoring the personal habits of travelers more closely than
it has previously acknowledged. The details were learned when a group of
activists requested copies of official records on their own travel. Those
records included a description of a book on marijuana that one of them
carried and small flashlights bearing the symbol of a marijuana leaf.

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More:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/21/AR200709210
2347.html

And More:
http://www.wired.com/politics/onlinerights/news/2007/09/flight_tracking

- - ferg

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