On Sat, Feb 01, 2003 at 12:12:16PM -0500, Declan McCullagh wrote:
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.
Of course. I have no doubt whatsoever that we'll soon see checkpoints at every entrance and exit to all cities where they search the cars and passengers. It's only a matter of time. And probably require "visas" to travel anywhere, or at least pre-trip filing of "travel plans." -- Harmon Seaver CyberShamanix http://www.cybershamanix.com