Homeland Security Wants Information About You

It is intrusive. It is frightening. This is what the Department of Homeland Security would like to have in their date base about you and me:

“Racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade union membership and data about an individual’s health, traveling partners and sexual orientation.

No, it’s not an online dating profile. It’s the kind of personal data the United States and European Union have just agreed to share with each other about millions of U.S.-bound airline passengers a year…”

link: Homeland Security Gets Personal

link: Travelers Face Greater Use of Personal Data

At times, it seems that the things done in the name of security have no limits. Who will protect us from the people entrusted with our security?

Catherine Forsythe