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07-22-2010, 06:16 PM
TSA: Secretary Napolitano Announces Major Aviation Security Milestone (https://www.tsa.gov/press/releases/2010/0607.shtm)
DHS performs 100 percent watchlist matching for domestic flights
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Washington, D.C.—Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano today announced that 100 percent of passengers traveling within the United States and its territories are now being checked against terrorist watchlists through the Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) Secure Flight program—a major step in fulfilling a key 9/11 Commission recommendation.
Under Secure Flight, TSA prescreens passenger name, date of birth and gender against government watchlists for domestic and international flights. In addition to facilitating secure travel for all passengers, the program helps prevent the misidentification of passengers who have names similar to individuals on government watchlists.
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Opposition rails against bill giving U.S. say over Canadian air travellers.
Harper bill would give U.S. power to boot travellers going from Canada to Mexico (https://www.vancouversun.com/sports/Tourism+spending+buoyed+Vancouver+2010+Olympics/3220143/Harper+bill+would+give+power+boot+travellers+going+from+Canada+Mexico/3214893/story.html#ixzz0uSl5ikTv)
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The Harper government has quietly presented a bill in the House of Commons that would give U.S. officials final say over who may board aircraft in Canada if they are to fly over the U.S. en route to a third country.
"Canadian sovereignty has gone right out the window," Liberal Transport critic Joe Volpe told the Montreal Gazette in a recent telephone interview. "You are going to be subject to American law."
Bill C-42 amends Canada's Aeronautics Act to allow airlines to communicate passenger information to "a foreign state" for flights over that country without landing.
At present, airlines are only required to give passenger information to the U.S. government on flights landing in the United States.
[Note: If your name matches a "no-fly" list, even mistakenly, you can be denied the right to a reserve a seat on a flight. If your name is on a "selectee" list, you and your possessions will be searched more thoroughly before you can board. Can you see what is going on here? "Secure Flight" puts the federal government into the business of licensing travel and means you cannot travel any distance reachable only by air without official permission. And it's spreading to other countries. It's wake up time.]
DHS performs 100 percent watchlist matching for domestic flights
Excerpt
Washington, D.C.—Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano today announced that 100 percent of passengers traveling within the United States and its territories are now being checked against terrorist watchlists through the Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) Secure Flight program—a major step in fulfilling a key 9/11 Commission recommendation.
Under Secure Flight, TSA prescreens passenger name, date of birth and gender against government watchlists for domestic and international flights. In addition to facilitating secure travel for all passengers, the program helps prevent the misidentification of passengers who have names similar to individuals on government watchlists.
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Opposition rails against bill giving U.S. say over Canadian air travellers.
Harper bill would give U.S. power to boot travellers going from Canada to Mexico (https://www.vancouversun.com/sports/Tourism+spending+buoyed+Vancouver+2010+Olympics/3220143/Harper+bill+would+give+power+boot+travellers+going+from+Canada+Mexico/3214893/story.html#ixzz0uSl5ikTv)
Excerpt
The Harper government has quietly presented a bill in the House of Commons that would give U.S. officials final say over who may board aircraft in Canada if they are to fly over the U.S. en route to a third country.
"Canadian sovereignty has gone right out the window," Liberal Transport critic Joe Volpe told the Montreal Gazette in a recent telephone interview. "You are going to be subject to American law."
Bill C-42 amends Canada's Aeronautics Act to allow airlines to communicate passenger information to "a foreign state" for flights over that country without landing.
At present, airlines are only required to give passenger information to the U.S. government on flights landing in the United States.
[Note: If your name matches a "no-fly" list, even mistakenly, you can be denied the right to a reserve a seat on a flight. If your name is on a "selectee" list, you and your possessions will be searched more thoroughly before you can board. Can you see what is going on here? "Secure Flight" puts the federal government into the business of licensing travel and means you cannot travel any distance reachable only by air without official permission. And it's spreading to other countries. It's wake up time.]