That last word above should be plural as in this regard the current Administration is continuing to play the same game along with its allies in Congress.

Also, the actual manifestation of government interest in names of passengers being checked at airports began during the Clinton Administration. The Bush Administration and Congressional allies across the political partisan divide made it a lot worse and then had the 9/11 Commission give a de facto nod in approval of what the Bush Administration and Congress then and now defended and funded. Even today the Obama Administration and Congress have not attacked the name checking at airports -- they have even gone on to continue to back funding of the name checking at airports.