TSA Wants More Travelers to Register [View All]

WASHINGTON -- The government wants to expand a program that allows air travelers to avoid extra security inspections at airports by volunteering for background checks.

Transportation Security Administration chief David Stone said Monday that the agency is looking to add new airports -- domestic and international -- to the registered traveler program, now being tested in five cities.

Calling it "one of the most critical programs for TSA," Stone said he's keen to find international partners for it.

Under the test program, people who fly at least once a week give the government their biographical and biometric information, which is checked against databases. Participants who pass muster receive a card that's checked at an airport kiosk, which then lets them into a special security lane. If they don't set off an alarm, they're whisked right through.

http://www.newsday.com/news/politics/wire/sns-ap-registered-travelers,0,6937024.story?coll=sns-ap-politics-headlines

Ooooo...a special card! That will stop those nasty terrorists right in their tracks!

They can highjack planes, sneak into the country, and get fake IDs, but another ID card will stop them dead in their tracks! I don't know about all of you, but I'm sure sleeping easier these days knowing that these are the ideas being pushed by this administration to make us safer!

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Just so the well-traveled (read: the rich) can get through lines quicker than the rest of us, this administration is willing to put everyone in this county in more danger.