Originally Posted by Mehdron
I, for one, appreciate it when anyone spends the time to have their posts be in proper spelling and grammer. I am glad that the proliferation of hackerese (or whatever it is they call all the shortcuts that make typing on mini-keyboards easier) has not made it far into FT yet.
Anyway, as the OP, I ask if can we get this thread back on track? Both
Keith Alexander's column in the Washington Post and
Joe Sharkey's column in the NY Times dealt with this subject today. I thought the issue deserves more attention and commentary in this forum than a hard-to-understand post.
E.g., in the Post column, "Yes, ma'am, just stand over there and wait to be groped."
Just as frightening as TSA agents being authorized to identify travelers for the full-scale grope, is the info in the Washington Post article regarding the proposal for the CDC to require airlines to gather information on travelers:
"Just a week before the TSA's changes, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced plans to collect detailed airline traveler information, such as e-mail addresses and even the names of travel companions. The CDC is attempting to maintain a passenger database so federal health officials can warn travelers of potential outbreaks of communicable diseases.
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The CDC is requiring airlines to collect passengers' home addresses, emergency contact information and phone numbers, as well as information on traveling companions.
Airline industry executives say securing the passenger information while maintaining traveler privacy is a major undertaking and may even require some airlines to update their reservation systems, an investment that many airlines may have difficulty affording."