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Date: September 21, 2007 4:14:09 PM PDT
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Subject: The Noose (on Y/OUR necks) Tightens!!
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"The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they
don't have
any."-- Alice Walker
[[Those of you who knew me then -- at elast thoise of you who were
willing to
receive political-matter posts -- may recall that, over a decade
ago, I (et al)
warned this was coming/on the agenda!!?]]
http://blue-patriot-woman.dailykos.com/
*Federal Approval To Travel WITHIN The U.S. Soon?*
By Blue Patriot Woman
9-20-2007
Buried in the September 5 issue of the Federal Register, was a
notice that
Thursday, September 20, the Transportation Safety Administration
(T.S.A.) will
hold public hearings on their so-called Secure Flight Plan.
http://dmses.dot.gov/docimages/p102/484384.pdf
Come with me into a nightmare world where American citizens will
have to obtain
permission from the government before they can travel by air in the
U.S.
Your government (meaning the Department of Homeland Security) is up
to no good.
Beginning in February 2008, U.S. Customs and Border Protection
(C.B.P.) will
implement their "Advance Passenger Information System (A.P.I.S.),"
the gist of
which is that you will need permission from the United States
Government to
travel on any air or sea vessel that goes to, from or through the
U.S. The
travel companies will not be able to issue a boarding pass until
you are cleared
by D.H.S. This applies to ALL passengers, U.S. citizens and
visitors alike. And
how do you get said permission to travel? That's for your
government to know and
you to never find out.
Now, T.S.A. proposes to do for domestic travel what A.P.I.S. will
do for
international routes. That's what I said: the new T.S.A. rule
would require that
you obtain PERMISSION to travel within the U.S.
Here is the summary of their proposed rules, which seem so
reasonable, couched as
they are in the blandness of governmenteez [emphasis added].
The Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act (I.R.T.P.A.)
requires the
Department of Homeland Security (D.H.S.) to assume from aircraft
operators the
function of conducting pre-flight comparisons of airline passenger
information to
Federal Government watch lists for international and domestic flights.
[snip]
This rule proposes to allow T.S.A. to ... receive passenger and
certain
non-traveler information, conduct watch list matching ... and
transmit boarding
pass printing instructions back to aircraft operators.
[snip]
T.S.A. would do so in a consistent and accurate manner while
minimizing false
matches and protecting privacy information.
Right. And I have a bridge in Brooklyn...
We propose that, when the Secure Flight rule becomes final,
aircraft operators
would submit passenger information to D.H.S. through a single
D.H.S. portal for
both the Secure Flight and A.P.I.S. programs. This would [result]
in one D.H.S.
system responsible for watch list matching for all aviation
passengers.
Don't you feel great knowing that your government will use
economies of scale to
protect you?
http://hasbrouck.org/blog/
Edward Hasbrough states that these rules are more insidious than
merely complying
to demands for "Your papers please." He states:
"The proposal ... require[s] that travellers display their
government-issued
credentials not to government agents but to airline personnel
(staff or
contractors), whenever the D.H.S. orders the airline to demand
them. But, since
the orders to demand I.D. of [certain passengers] will be given to
the airline in
secret, ... travellers will have no way to verify whether ...
demands for I.D.
are actually based on government orders."
Think about that: you will not be allowed to verify if the
persondemanding your
papers is actually authorized to do so. In addition, the airlines
or their
contractors (or sub or even sub sub contractors) have the right,
under the
proposed rules, to do anything they like with your personal
information including:
-- keep copies of your passport ... as long as they like, use it,
publish it,
broadcast it, sell it, rent it, or pass it on to whomever they
please.... [T]hey
would have no obligation to get your permission for any of this.
Aside from the privacy issue, this is the D.H.S. Their past
performance is an
indication of future returns and we can look forward to true travel
nightmares
beginning February 19, 2008. Just think about the mess that
occurred when C.B.P.
demanded that travelers to Canada and Mexico have a passport.
Multiply that by
orders of magnitude to imagine what travelers will be facing.
If you can, please attend the T.S.A. hearings on Thursday (Grand Hyatt
Washington, 1000 H Street, N.W. beginning at 8:00 a.m.). If you
can't attend in
person, you have until October 22, 2007 to submit written comments
through the
Docket Management System.
http://dms.dot.gov/
The docket number is TSA-2007-28572.
The Identity Project at Papers Please is working to prevent your
government from
robbing you of your right to privacy in your movements.
http://www.papersplease.org/wp
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