RE: And people tell me I am paranoid...

A heads up to Mr. Sharkey for this as here are links to two posts by Bruce Schneier from his blog:

The first:

Some tidbits:

• TSA plans to include the capability for criminal checks within Secure Flight (p. 12).
• The timetable has slipped by four months (p. 17).
• TSA might not be able to get personally identifiable passenger data in PNRs because of costs to the industry and lack of money (p.18).
• TSA plans to have intelligence analysts staffed within TSA to identify false positives (p.33).
• The DHS Investment Review Board has withheld approval from the "Transportation Vetting Platform" (p.39).
• TSA doesn't know how much the program will cost (p.51).
• Final privacy rule to be issued in April (p. 56).

And the second:

I'll say it: the TSA lied.

You can get the GAO report here, and just remember- criminal checks for secure flight...

--WP