Has this happened to anyone who has traveled overseas lately?

[mohinoaklawnillinois]

Mr. Wonderful (my husband) is leaving the US to go to Ireland on Sunday night. I got this weird e-mail from Aer Lingus last night saying they needed his passport/green card number, what country do you reside in, etc, etc.

We both travelled to the "old country" last May on separate flights with Aer Lingus (aka Air Fungus in our house) and neither one of us were asked these questions. Not only that but Mr. Wonderful went home again last September and I never received any e-mail at that time from Aer Lingus about this. BTW he left the US before I went to DC for the anti-war protest.

Maybe I'm just being paranoid, but this really bothers me. Is this "par for the course" for Americans going overseas now (btw Mr. Wonderful is an American citizen) or is this something new the Dept. of Homeland Security is implementing? I'm really worried that he and myself might be on a no-flight list.

I'm not traveling with him on Sunday night, the only reason he's going home is because his mother's anniversary Mass is next Thursday night and he wants to be there with his family.

Should I expect that maybe on Sunday night at ORD he'll be pulled from security and not be allowed on his flight? I certainly hope not, because if that does happen, there will be two of us in Federal custody at ORD or the federal detention center in Chicago Sunday night.