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US travelers scrutinised by Big Brother

Sat 2 Dec 2006 02:14 am filed by Keith Harris - International

Virtually every person entering and leaving the United States by air, sea or land is scored by the Homeland Security Department's Automated Targeting System, or ATS. The scores are based on ATS' analysis of their travel records and other data, including items such as where they are from, how they paid for tickets, their motor vehicle records, past one-way travel, seating preference and what kind of meal they ordered. MICHAEL J. SNIFFEN - Associated Press ... full story

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