On Fri, Jan 31, 2003 at 10:44:50AM -0800, Tim May wrote: > I don't know if this is your reason for expecting not to fly > commercially again, but for anyone who thinks trains will somehow be > exempted from the national security police state, think again.
Right. One Democratic "anti-terror" proposal would link police to Amtrak databases: http://www.politechbot.com/p-02715.html Even before Sept 11, Amtrak was sharing passenger info with the DEA for drug prosecutions: http://www.politechbot.com/p-01909.html Come on, folks -- Amtrak is a federal government entity. It will be in the vanguard of the next big push to advance the national security state. -Declan