SFGate Article

"The Transportation Security Administration, part of the Department of Homeland Security, confirmed a Washington Post report Monday that the data- mining plan will start this summer after a testing period within the next few months. While the government says the plan will improve screening for potential terrorists, organizations such as the American Civil Liberties Union denounced it as "dragnet profiling" that would discriminate against minorities and the poor.

"I'm quite certain there will be a formal legal challenges from privacy advocates and civil liberties advocates," said Beth Givens, director of the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse in San Diego."

I sincerely hope so. It is none of the government's business who flys and when.

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