On Sun, 18 May 2003, Dave Paris wrote:

On Saturday, May 17, 2003, at 21:48 US/Eastern, J.A. Terranson wrote:

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On Fri, 16 May 2003, R. A. Hettinga wrote: [...] <snip>

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... people who want to see if their name is on either list or who want to make a complaint, can call the agency's contact center at 866-289-9673 or send an e-mail to TellTSA@tsa.dot.gov.

Since this inquiry will no doubt result in a listing where none previously existed, I would suggest that everyone reading this make an inquiry - *especially* those of us with very common names. Let the system break under it's own weight. [...]

Unfortunately, the burden will be borne by local governments and the airport operators, not the TSA.

I don't really care *who* is funding this - I just want it to stop. The fact is (as you correctly asserted) that the local governments are already hurting for cash due to 9/11 BS: making this program a financial elephant will speed it's demise. -- Yours, J.A. Terranson sysadmin@mfn.org