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US Plans To Push Ahead With Air Travel Database - WP
Sunday January 11, 11:54 pm ET


NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- The U.S. government plans to push ahead this year
with a vast computerized system to probe the backgrounds of all passengers
boarding flights in the U.S., The Washington Post reports in its Monday
edition.
The government will compel airlines and airline reservations companies to
hand over all passenger records for scrutiny by U.S. officials, after
failing to win cooperation in the program's testing phase. The order could
be issued as soon as next month. Under the system, all travelers passing
through a U.S. airport will be scored with a number and a color that ranks
their perceived threat to the aircraft, the Post reported.

Another program will be introduced this year that seeks to speed frequent
fliers through security lines in exchange for volunteering personal
information to the government, the Post said.

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