No argument here. I recall a lot of this was in the '96 legislative
session, especially the summer. I have some articles on the topic
archived at www.eff.org/pub/Publications/Declan_McCullagh
-Declan
On Wed, Apr 25, 2001 at 09:34:44AM +1000, Ralph Wallis wrote:
> On Tuesday, 24 Apr 2001 at 16:13, Tim May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > However, it used to be SOP to buy train tickets at the ticket
> > window--for cash and with no I.D. or phone numbers or SS numbers or
> > forehead marks.
> >
> > It looks like the "temporary measures" to combat the "TWA 800
> > bombing" sorts of events, even though TWA 800 almost certainly wasn't
> > a bombing, are now spreading to the trains.
>
> I just read Database Nation, which notes that this was an immediate
> result of TWA 800 and the Atlanta Olympic bombing. (Along with similar
> policies for air travel.)
>
> So it's not a sign of spreading. Since Atlanta was 5 years ago,
> it's not a temporary measure either.
