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NOTE The following text is a quote: DHS performs 100 percent watchlist matching for domestic flights Washington, D.C.—Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano today announced that 100 percent of passengers traveling within the United States and its territories are now being checked against terrorist watchlists through the Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) Secure Flight program—a major step in fulfilling a key 9/11 Commission recommendation. Before Secure Flight, airlines conducted passenger watchlist checking. “Secure Flight fulfills a key recommendation of the of the 9/11 Commission Report, enabling TSA to screen passengers directly against government watchlists using passenger name, date of...

Secure Flight to Replace Discredited CAPPS II Former U.S. Representative Bob Barr, who serves as the 21st Century Liberties Chair for Privacy and Freedom at the American Conservative Union, has provided written comments to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) regarding that agency's latest proposal for a system to screen persons who fly on commercial airlines. Barr notes in his comments that the proposed system, dubbed Secure Flight, is less privacy-invasive and constitutionally-problematic than its predecessor, the now-discredited CAPPS II system. The earlier proposal, which Congress refused to fund, would have subjected every person seeking to fly within or into or...