From
Jim Hightower's piece on AlterNet:
If you flew in June of 2004, TSA snoops now have a file on you--even though Congress specifically told them not to collect such data. Agency officials promised they wouldn't, but TSA secretly did it anyway, amassing such passenger records as our names, phone numbers, and credit card info.
Worse, TSA contracted the data tabulation to a private corporation, which used other databases to compile full profiles on us, including home addresses, spouses, and--BE VERY WORRIED--the exact latitude and longitude of our homes! There's a law against secret government databases, and TSA earlier pledged to congress that it would not store commercial data on air passengers--but there the info is, stored in TSA computers.
Not to worry, say the Bushites in charge, for this is just a test of a new ID verification system we're developing. Bad answer. Congress told the agency not to implement such a system until the Government Accountability Office gave its approval. The GAO has evaluated the system--and it gave TSA an F, noting that the ID program failed to meet nine out of the ten criteria that congress had set.
Yeah, I flew in June 2004. Truly nauseating, and I don't even know where to start screaming about it. Half the people in my industry took a plane flight that month, for a convention, for starters. I just wonder, will anyone even have the energy to be outraged?
(Latitude and longitude of my residence? WTF???)