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Old 08-14-2005, 06:17 PM  
2HousePlague
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Originally Posted by ry0t
I think it would cost a lot of money and time / effort. Every flght agency in the world would have to get approval to add to the database. Phone lines would booked solid. More than one building would need to be used in support staff alone to handle it. Your point is invalid.
Everything in the above quote is 100% correct, except the line in orange. The costs of increased security measures associated with commercial aviation in the US, post 9/11, is estimated at $11billion -- paid by the airlines and taxpayers. Exactly who do you think would be objecting to this? Exactly. Now ask yourself if recent history contains any reason to expect that those objections will be heard, this time.

This is the Secure Flight schema, as best those with whom the DHS has shared any details of the proposed system have been able to GUESS:



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