TSA to Pre-Screen Air Travelers' Tax Info, Property Records, Travel History

TSA to Pre-Screen Air Travelers' Tax Info, Property Records, Travel History
By Joe Wolverton
Nov 05, 2013




Owe money to the IRS? Having trouble making your mortgage payments? Ever been sued or been arrested? Soon, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will know the answers to these questions before you pass through security, and they might affect whether you are cleared for travel.

In a recently published article, the New York Times reported:

The Transportation Security Administration is expanding its screening of passengers before they arrive at the airport by searching a wide array of government and private databases that can include records like car registrations and employment information.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/22/business/security-check-now-starts-long-before-you-fly.html

The complete list of sources of personal data reviewed by the TSA also includes:

private employment information

vehicle registrations

travel history

property ownership records

physical characteristics

tax identification numbers

past travel itineraries

law enforcement information

“intelligence" information

passport numbers

frequent flier information

other “identifiers" linked to DHS databases

Apparently, the protection of the “homeland" is not the true purpose of the intrusion; rather it is to persuade travelers to register with the TSA's “PreCheck" program.

By enrolling in “PreCheck," a person becomes a “trusted traveler." In order to apply for “PreCheck," a traveler must submit their biometric fingerprint for registration with an FBI database, submit to a criminal background check, and pay an $85 fee to the TSA for a five-year PreCheck membership. One story on “PreCheck" claims that the TSA may receive as much as $255 million from such fees in 2013. 

Constitutionalists will readily recognize the “PreCheck" program for what it is: a means whereby the federal government not only violates the civil liberties protected by the Fourth Amendment, but that converts a right into a privilege, one revocable at the will of an unelected, unaccountable, unconstitutional agency of the federal behemoth.

The key violation of the Fourth Amendment is obvious. Everyone, regardless of probable cause or reasonable suspicion, is considered a suspect. This is contrary to the Fourth Amendment, which states that the right of the people “to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."

Any day, one of the 435 members of Congress could introduce a bill defunding the TSA and repealing the relevant provisions of the Aviation and Transportation Security Act that established the TSA.

Americans who are tired of the pat-downs, the unconscionable treatment of the young, old, infirm, and disabled at the hands of TSA agents, and the revelation that now any and all personal information will be collected and passed around must contact their representatives and demand that a stop be put to this abuse and that the TSA monster be put down.

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http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/constitution/item/16879-tsa-to-pre-screen-air-travelers-tax-info-property-records-travel-history