American Airlines is an info whore too

American Airlines admits disclosing passenger data WASHINGTON (AFP) - A contractor for American Airlines has admitted to sharing personal passenger information with the US government and other companies, thrusting the world's largest carrier into a bitter controversy over rights to privacy in the post-September 11 world. The disclosure, certain to alarm civil libertarians, made American the third leading US airline caught disseminating private data behind the back of its customers in the name of fighting terrorism. <snip> http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1521&u=/afp/20040411/pl_afp/us_attacks_air_040411224313&printer=1