DHS (USA) will früheren Zugriff auf Passagierdaten
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To: cypherpunks
From: "R.A. Hettinga" <rah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: U.S. wants passenger names one hour before takeoff
<http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20050224-105943-7064r>
United Press International
U.S. wants passenger names one hour before takeoff
By Shaun Waterman
UPI Homeland and National Security Editor
Published 2/24/2005 11:25 PM
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 (UPI) -- The Department of Homeland Security is
drafting a rule that will require airlines to pass on passenger manifest
information as much as an hour before the departure of international
flights bound for the United States, officials confirmed to United Press
International Thursday.
"We need to be able to identify any suspected terrorists or other
criminals (on board) before the plane takes off," Christiana Halsey of the
department's Customs and Border Protection directorate said, adding that
the department was working on a so-called Notice of Proposed Rule Making --
the first legal step down the regulatory path.
[...]
Halsey said that the passenger names would, as at present, be checked by
the directorate's National Targeting Center against the United States'
consolidated terrorist watchlist -- which contains the names and aliases of
thousands individuals thought linked to terrorism -- and against several
other law-enforcement databases.
"We're not just looking for terrorists," she said.
All that would change is that airlines would have to submit the data up to
one hour before the plane takes off, rather than within 15 minutes of
departure under current procedures.
Other knowledgeable sources said the rule would also cover passengers who
wanted to transit the United States on their way somewhere else, but Halsey
said she had no information about that.
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