American Airlines is an info whore too

Major Variola (ret.) mv at cdc.gov
Mon Apr 12 20:06:17 PDT 2004


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.
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http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1521&u=/afp/20040411/pl_afp/us_attacks_air_040411224313&printer=1





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