Re: Gov't Orders Air Passenger Data for Test

2004-11-22 Thread John Gilmore
... they can't really test how effective the system is ... Effective at what? Preventing people from traveling? The whole exercise ignores the question of whether the Executive Branch has the power to make a list of citizens (or lawfully admitted non-citizens) and refuse those people their

Re: Gov't Orders Air Passenger Data for Test

2004-11-22 Thread Todd Ellner
The whole exercise ignores the question of whether the Executive Branch has the power to make a list of citizens (or lawfully admitted non-citizens) and refuse those people their constitutional right to travel in the United States. So why are armed goons keeping them off airplanes, trains,