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Old May 4, 2005, 5:33 am
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txrus
 
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Originally Posted by windwalker
The federal government plans to begin collecting the full names and birth dates of air travelers this summer in its latest effort to screen passengers for possible links to terrorism.

USA TODAY
This is the part of the article that especially caught my eye & I had to read it several times to make sure I was reading what I thought I was reading:

The TSA also will compare passengers' names with the government's comprehensive watch list. Airlines screen travelers against a partial list that omits names the government considers too sensitive to release.

Let me get this straight-the "most sensitive" names, which I took to mean those of the highest risk, highest priority to find, & highest priority to allegedly keep off the planes via this watch list, AREN'T EVEN ACCESSIBLE TO THE AIRLINES RIGHT NOW????

What am I missing??
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