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A rare peek at Homeland Security’s files on travelers

Posted on January 7th, 2009 at 8:24 am

Now as a traveler to Canada on many trips this article has me thinking and also requestiing my personal information after reading this, Baldy.

The oversize white envelope bore the blue logo of the Department of Homeland Security. Inside, I found 20 photocopies of the government’s records on my international travels. Every overseas trip I’ve taken since 2001 was noted.

I had requested the files after I had heard that the government tracks “passenger activity.” Starting in the mid-1990s, many airlines handed over passenger records. Since 2002, the government has mandated that the commercial airlines deliver this information routinely and electronically.

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