International travelers concerned about being labeled a terrorist or drug runner by secret Homeland Security algorithms may want to be careful what books they read on the plane.

Newly revealed records show the government is storing such information for years.
Privacy advocates obtained database records showing that the government routinely records the race of people pulled aside for extra screening as they enter the country, along with cursory answers given to U.S. border inspectors about their purpose in traveling. In one case, the records note Electronic Frontier Foundation co-founder John Gilmore's choice of reading material, and worry over the number of small flashlights he'd packed for the trip.

The breadth of the information obtained by the Gilmore-funded Identity Project (using a Privacy Act request) shows the government's screening program at the border is actually a "surveillance dragnet," according to the group's spokesman Bill Scannell.

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That's great! Now the terrorists know to bring a copy of "See Spot Run".

I cant find the link right now but i saw that in 2008 in order to purchase an airline ticket you must submit to a FBI background check.

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So every time one of the 600 million passengers on a commercial flight in any given year want to fly, they need an FBI check?

Good luck with that.

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2008 its already automaticly checked in a database compared to known terroist if anything suspicious comes up then thier flagged etc and so forth....

WHAT!! WTF??

What happened to fly the friendly sky's ...........