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July 23, 2005
The TSA lied and violated the Privacy Act
The Government Accountability Office(GAO) has reported that the TSA lied to the American citizens and illegally used sensitive private information about travelers, in violation of the Privacy Act of 1974, which prohibits the government from compiling information on people without their knowledge.
The TSA collected the information for their brainchild called "Secure Flight", a draconian, massively intrusive, Orwellian screening operation to check people against a "Terrorist Watchlist". The Terroist Watchlist, is as flawed as it is reviled. Even the murderous Senator Ted Kennedy ended up on the Terrorist Watchlist. Although I'm reasonably sure that Mary Jo Kopechne was laughing in her tomb, he wasn't intentionally put on the list.
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Posted by Peenie Wallie on July 23, 2005 at 03:09 PM
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