How Bad Can It Get?

Pretty darn bad according to our froggy, green friend Kvatch.

I haven't flown in years and don't plan to if I can help it. They probably wouldn't let this great-granny on the plane. I'm such a threat.

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Here I was all ready to do something light and topical for Friday afternoon, and what happens...THIS! F*ck! "Light and topical" will have to wait. M-MM-MUS-ST-BB-B-LOGGGG!!!!

So you're probably aware that the US forces foreign government's to grant access to overseas databases in order to profile you when you fly internationally. You're probably also aware that if you pay a fee, you can get cleared for express passage through security--a sort of "No I'm not a terrorist. Really!" certification. But what you may not know is that over the last 4 years the feds have been compiling a huge database of travelers, each of whom are assigned a "terror score" that can be used to single them out for extra scrutiny or to deny them passage. But, as if that weren't enough, the so-called (A)utomated (T)argeting (S)ystem has these other delightful aspects:

• You don't get to see your score (in fact they won't even tell you if you have a score)
• You don't get to challenge your score
• The feds intend to keep the scores around for the next 40 years
• The feds have asserted that they can, and will, share this information with...state, local, and foreign governments, law enforcement, the courts, Congress, and government contractors
• The feds have even gone so far as to suggest that the data be used when making hiring decisions, contract awards, licensing decisions, or for granting clearances
  

Mother puss-bucket! This is as bad as Secure Flight. Hopefully it will meet the same fate.

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Hop on over to his site and take a look at the very bottom of his post. You can see what else the government is doing with our tax money.