Originally Posted by
Appletom
In an agency known for dumb ideas, this might be the dumbest.
Timmy Terrorist, born 4/8/84, is on the watch list. Now all Timmy has to do is use the first name "Tim" and a birth date of 8/4/84, and POOF!, he's off the watch list.
And what happens to the non terrorist, born 8/4/48, who accidentally enters 4/8/48 for his/her DOB?
Dumb. Supremely dumb. Pretty par for the course for TSA, don't you think?
Thinking.......... nope that's illegal too didn't you know that? Why I found this so outrageous is that it has absolutely NOTHING to do with international security and everything to do with keeping track of citizens. The TSA can't keep track of the data they have..and haven't finished doing background checks on all of the people they are already supposed to be handling. But they are going to add this too? Major mission creep or ? Who knows why but I do know it's a BAD IDEA PERIOD.