IP: Amtrak 'Sharing' Information With D.E.A. (fwd)

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> From: David Lesher <wb8foz () nrk com>
> Subject: Amtrak 'Sharing' Information With D.E.A. (fwd)
> To: farber () cis upenn edu (David Farber)
>
> Big Brother Rides the Rails.
>
>
> X-URL: 
> http://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/15/weekinreview/15BOXA.html?pagewanted=print
>
> April 15, 2001
>
> Amtrak 'Sharing' Information With D.E.A.
>
> Something to think about next time you decide to ride the rails:
> Amtrak has acknowledged that one of its ticketing offices has been
> "sharing information" about passengers with the Drug Enforcement
> Administration, and then taking a 10 percent cut of any assets
> seized from drug couriers.
>
> ..................
>
>
> ------
> You can't fly without an "approved" ID. If you drive, and you're
> a minority, watch out in NJ. The trains are now covered. That
> leaves walking, but wasn't no less than Matt Blaze stopped for
> being Carless in California?
>
> So much for that pesky BoR thing.
>
>
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