Seen on Rick Forno’s Infowarrior mail list: Subject: FW: Small business TSA decisions : Thought you guys should see this from an anonymous small business owner. the writer is not asking to be identified nor asking for credit. I am an owner of a small business. This morning I had to have the most unpleasant…
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Pat-Downs at Airports Prompt Complaints
Susan Stellin reports on complaints over the more invasive pat-downs air travellers are being subjected to: In the three weeks since the Transportation Security Administration began more aggressive pat-downs of passengers at airport security checkpoints, traveler complaints have poured in. Some offer graphic accounts of genital contact, others tell of agents gawking or making inappropriate comments, and many express…
Insurers Test Data Profiles to Identify Risky Clients
Leslie Scism and Mark Maremont report: Life insurers are testing an intensely personal new use for the vast dossiers of data being amassed about Americans: predicting people’s longevity. Insurers have long used blood and urine tests to assess people’s health—a costly process. Today, however, data-gathering companies have such extensive files on most U.S. consumers—online shopping…
Ron Paul Introduces H.R. 6416: The American Traveller Dignity Act
The text of Rep. Ron Paul’s statement in Congress: Mr. Speaker, today I introduce legislation to protect Americans from physical and emotional abuse by federal Transportation Security Administration employees conducting screenings at the nation’s airports. We have seen the videos of terrified children being grabbed and probed by airport screeners. We have read the stories…