1 Feb
2003
1 Feb
'03
12:20 p.m.
On Fri, Jan 31, 2003 at 10:44:50AM -0800, Tim May wrote:
I don't know if this is your reason for expecting not to fly commercially again, but for anyone who thinks trains will somehow be exempted from the national security police state, think again.
Right. One Democratic "anti-terror" proposal would link police to Amtrak databases: http://www.politechbot.com/p-02715.html Even before Sept 11, Amtrak was sharing passenger info with the DEA for drug prosecutions: http://www.politechbot.com/p-01909.html Come on, folks -- Amtrak is a federal government entity. It will be in the vanguard of the next big push to advance the national security state. -Declan