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Terrorists have a trade union now?
Terrorists have a trade union now?
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sexual orientation?
I guess they want to know if you've got a Glock stuffed up your ass.
Great, given my experiences with the TSA and the Dutch Gendarmerie, I won't be able to go anywhere ever again.
But at least we will be safe from Middle Eastern men who think that a binary liquid explosive is feasible.
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Philosophical beliefs? Finally, the government will be able to weed out the solipsists flying amongst us.
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that's it, i'm wearing doctorow's ZOMG BLOODRED ALERT tshirt on every flight from now on. um.... under my jacket. ([www.boingboing.net])
@CumaeanSibyl: The newer thing with RFID is disposable tags that can be attached to various objects like one person's luggage or on a parachute. Just food for thought.
Race -- Fast
Ethnic origin -- Pict and Hun
Political Opinions -- Anarchy rules
Religous or Philosophical beliefs -- having a philosophy is dangerous, I worship my ancestors' spirits
Trade Union Membership -- Irish glass blowers, chapter 9
Health -- dying since I was born, terminal lung cancer, scurvy
Sexual Orientation - metrosexual
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This is why I mostly will not be able to visit the US until stuff like this gets overturned (maybe never). There're a thousand ways some clerical error could have your rabid administration detain me for years without a trial. I guess there's always Canada.
They will hear 4 words to every question they ask that is not about my flight number, credit card number, name, and/or whether or not I'm checking bags or I would like to upgrade to business/first: NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS or MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS.
I have my own queen size bed, which I share with my girlfriend on occasion, but on the majority of nights sleep alone in.
Does this flag me as some kind of terrorist?
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You mean they don't already have this information?
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I guess the terrorists are gonna' have to fly in from another country like, I don't know, Saudi Arabia
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I'm waiting for the TSA to place little contest boxes at airports. WIN a $50 TSA Gift Card! Nothing to buy, just fill out this innocent little survey that we'd never use against you and win a chance at the Grand Prize...a vacation to Hawaii with your family and your 10 favorite TSA agents!
(Other prizes include confiscated cheese, unclaimed luggage, and a TSA lapel pin!)
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Remember this is for our own good. No questions! Get back in line!
Welcome to 1984.
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But they're not taking away our freedoms, not at all. The border fences are to keep people out not people in like, say, between East and West Germany during the Cold War...
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i'm beginning to wonder if j edgar hoover is really dead.
Scary... very scary... but at the same time, interesting. Imagine what a data breach of that database would be worth. All of those names, credit card #'s, probably SS#'s hidden in there as well. Even if you could just snag 1/10th of that database, you're set for life.
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Are they going to have a category for Moralist Republican* Senator Into Crapping Into Diapers? Cuz THAT'S pretty scary...
* Actually, \"Republican\" is sort of gilding the lily in the case of sexual preversion.
Downgraded: Any last smidgen of credibility for inflight radio interviews If you’ve ever flipped through the inflight audio dial on American Airlines, you’ll know that there’s a channel (#9) devoted to “interviews.” University of Chicago economist and Freakonomics...
No, but clearly there's a link between terrorism and people who date people who steal the covers.
First the RFID chip in passports, now this. If the airline questions me about my political, religious, and philosophical beliefs, am I allowed to remain silent, or will that get me hauled off into the latex-glove room?
I mean, I expect this kind of behavior from El-Al, and in fact I think questioning and profiling by trained agents at the airport is probably the best deterrent possible -- it's just that a) I don't trust the TSA and b) I don't like the \"sharing\" part. Government's too damn insecure.