Originally Posted by
MisterNice
Why would they do this?
You want Big Brother to spend your tax money on a Universal Citizen Database Computer then NOT use it?
I think it would be for tracking your every movement. DHS of course has your passenger data from the airline for every US entry and exit. But what if you fly to IST then buy a cash local ticket to Somewhereistan then another to Hideoutistan to visit OBL? Perhaps NSA has not tapped into the computer reservation system of every local commuter airline in the world, especially those that do not have a computer
, just cash tickets.
When a "person of interest" renews a passport in any country I have no doubt they look at the extra passport stamps to complete their database of the person's travel history the past 10 years. Like it says in the fine print, the passport belongs to the government, and they sure don't need a search warrant to look at something they own which you voluntarily mail them once every ten years.