Civil liberties defenders sounded the alarm Wednesday after Amtrak asked the TSA to start screening…
Activist Post Civil liberties defenders sounded the alarm Wednesday after Amtrak asked the Transportation Safety Administration to start screening passengers against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s federal master terrorism watchlist.
Hearst Television reports the train service’s request is part of the Amtrak Rail Passenger Threat Assessment, by which the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reviews a targeted individual’s “personally identifiable information” against the federal Terrorist Screening Database, commonly called the watchlist.
Personally identifiable information includes but is not limited to Social Security, Alien Registration, and driver’s license numbers; financial or medical documents; biometrics; and criminal records. DHS may also collect and review targeted travelers’ publicly available social media information…
