TSA is spying on airline passengers 24/7 conducting "pre-crime assessments" before they fly

The Transportation Security Administration is expanding screening of passengers before they arrive at the airport by searching a wide array of government and private databases that include records like car registrations and employment information, the New York Times reports. The agency says the goal is to streamline the security procedures for millions of passengers who pose no risk. 

The new measures give the government greater authority to use travelers’ data for domestic airport screenings. Previously that level of scrutiny applied only to individuals entering the country.

The prescreening, some of which is already taking place, is described in documents TSA released to comply with government regulations about the collection and use of individuals’ data. 

It is unclear precisely what information the agency is relying upon to make these risk assessments, given the extensive range of records it can access, including tax identification number, past travel itineraries, property records, physical characteristics, and law enforcement or intelligence information.

The measures go beyond the background check the government has conducted for years, called Secure Flight, in which a passenger’s name, gender and date of birth are compared with terrorist watch lists. Now, the search includes using a traveler’s passport number and other identifiers to access a system of databases maintained by DHS.

The official added that these rules consider things like an individual’s travel itinerary, length of stay abroad and type of travel document, like a passport. If an airline has a traveler’s passport number on file, it is required to share that information with the TSA, even for a domestic flight. 

The agency also receives a code indicating a passenger is a member of the airline’s frequent-flier program and has access to details about past travel reservations, known as passenger name records. This official could not confirm if that information was being used to assess a passenger’s risk.

"The best way to look at it is as a pre-crime assessment every time you fly,” said Edward Hasbrouck of the Identity Project, which opposes the prescreening initiatives. “The default will be the highest, most intrusive level of search, and anything less will be conditioned on providing some additional information in some fashion.”

 Under a new ‘security measure’ that the TSA has magically decided it has the authority to enact, it is ‘expanding its screening of passengers’ to include the systematic use of private and government databases in order to obtain more information on passengers. What that means is that the TSA can now access your car registration information, your employment information, and much more.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/22/business/security-check-now-starts-long-before-you-fly.html?hp&_r=2&

http://www.infowars.com/pre-crime-tsa-now-spies-on-you-247-even-before-you-fly/