Reuters: U.S. to let people apply to get off no-fly lists

[Eugene]

U.S. to let people apply to get off no-fly lists

56 minutes ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Bush administration said on Wednesday it will launch a new
travel security system next month designed to deal with the problem of innocent travelers
mistakenly identified as being on U.S. no-fly lists.

The Department of Homeland Security Traveler Redress Inquiry Program, dubbed DHS TRIP,
is billed as a voluntary one-stop process allowing people to seek a review if they have been
wrongly delayed or prevented from boarding a plane or barred from entering or leaving the
United States.

DHS said in a statement the program will begin February 20 under the management of the
Transportation Security Administration.

Travel security procedures tightened after the September 11 attacks have become a bane
for more than 31,000 innocent people each year whose names are judged to be suspiciously
similar to those on government terrorism or criminal watch lists.

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Full article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070117/us_nm/security_watchlists_dc

Today's theme at BushCo seems to be a kinder, gentler police state.