TSA Criminal Violations? [s]

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: "Ryan Singel [c]" <ryan () ryansingel net>
Date: June 24, 2005 2:13:37 PM EDT
To: dave () farber net
Subject: TSA Criminal Violations? [s]


Dave, you might be interested in this update of the TSA story for IP.

TSA Lied, Could Face Time

Homeland Security officials who defied Congress and misled the public by
creating secret files on American citizens while testing a new passenger
screening program may have engaged in multiple counts of criminal
conduct, and at least one employee has already lied to cover-up the
misdeed.

On Monday, the Transportation Security Administration confirmed
allegations that officials running the so-called Secure Flight program
violated legally binding promises by secretly sharing and collecting
detailed personal data on American citizens from commercial data
brokers.

These announced violations of the Privacy Act add yet another chapter to
the increasingly repetitive story of the TSA's sloppy data practices,
disregard for the nation's privacy laws, and false statements to the
American public, Congress and the media.

[...]

TSA officials, including Secure Flight program manager Justin Oberman,
are now working furiously behind the scenes, using words like
"unsurprising," to downplay the extent of their wrongdoing to
Congressional investigators, journalists, and civil liberties groups.

But the misconduct actually pertains to the crux of earlier official
notices that promised that the agency would never get a hold of
commercial data during the tests, according to Peter Swire, a law
professor and the former top Clinton Administration privacy official.

"The use of commercial data was the single biggest issue in this system
of records," Swire said. "It was at the center of Congressional debate;
it was the topic of extended discussion by the agency, and an
intentional, systematic violation of that promise is a big deal."

"This was likely a criminal violation," Swire said. "If the agency can
ignore that sort of promise that would undercut the entire Privacy Act"

[...]

http://www.secondaryscreening.net/static/archives/2005/06/tsa_lies_could
.html#000206



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