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Who they're spying on DO READ
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 15:09:30 -0400
From: Anonymous Date: June 15, 2006 Subject: Re: Who they're spying onThere are many unknown consequences from the recent laws circumventing privacy and security constraints on the government. For example, the TSA "Do Not Fly" (DNF) list is being used by law enforcement agencies to capture anyone with an outstanding want or warrant. As we all know TSA will not tell you why your name is on the list. Moreover, they will not say where the names come from that are on the list.
My wife ended up on the list, which lead to a 2+ hour wait to be cleared at the airport. During that time we talked with several TSA people and one police officer. After TSA finally decided she could fly, they invoked the standard procedure to clear someone which was to have a local police officer run a warrant/want check. I mentioned to the TSA officer that the DNF list sounds like a good way to capture anyone wanted for a crime. He said yes, and I believe he said that some law enforcement organizations were putting many names on the list.
I asked Dave to make this posting anonymous because after this problem with the DNF list, which went on for several months/trips, my wife and I are much less willing to publicly confront our government.
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