IP: Air Transport Assoc. calls for massive traveler database

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

WASHINGTON -- The airline industry on Thursday formally called for a 
massive screening system that would subject passengers to intensive 
background checks, providing a boost to one of the more controversial 
security ideas under discussion since Sept. 11.

Under the Air Transport Assn. proposal, all reservations would be checked 
against a new government database that would include arrest records, 
intelligence information, immigration files and financial data. This master 
database, constantly updated, would be used to identify individuals who 
merit closer screening at the airport.


> http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-110901secure.story


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