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Old Apr 24, 2011 | 5:55 am
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RichardKenner
 
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Originally Posted by Ari
Sort of-- the API data is sent through APIS to CBP whereas the SecureFlight data is sent to the TSA (to the TSC, I believe). The airlines might co-mingle the data in their internal systems but, as far as our government is concerned, they are two completely separate things.
I was indeed talking about the data items themselves, not their destinations, which are indeed different. Moreover, because of the timing of the entry of the data, I think it may actually be duplicated at the implementation level.
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