But a second, more comprehensive database known as the Passenger Name Record is created....
...at times even personal preferences, like a request for a king-size bed in a hotel.
Not in the PNR. Maybe in the CRS database though for those who use SPOC booking via the airlines (I never do).
"Ideally, I would like to know, did Mohamed Atta get his ticket paid on the same credit card,"(Yes, ask the FBI - WB.) Mr. Chertoff said, citing the lead hijacker of the 2001 plots. "That would be a huge thing. And I really would like to know that in advance, because that would allow us to identify an unknown terrorist."
Huh ? Oh wait, it's Chertoff - never mind.