.EFF's sairahussain87 called DHS surveillance of Amtrak passengers a 'terrifying' development that could lead to people 'facing some really negative outcomes.
, by which the Department of Homeland Security reviews a targeted individual's"personally identifiable information" against the federal Terrorist Screening Database, commonly called the watchlist.
Personally identifiable information includes but is not limited to Social Security, Alien Registration, and driver's license numbers; financial or medical documents; biometrics; and criminal records. DHS may also collect and review targeted travelers' publicly available social media information. "This request raises significant civil liberties and rights concerns," ACLU National Security Project director Hina Shamsiin a statement."From our decades of work on the watchlisting system, we know it's a due process nightmare and prone to error."
"The standards the government uses to place people on its massive master watchlist are vague, overbroad, and based on secret evidence," she added."People on the watchlist are disproportionately people of color or immigrants, and can be wrongly stigmatized as terrorism suspects with no notice of their placement on the list or a meaningful opportunity to challenge it. Amtrak's request should be a non-starter and it needs to reverse course.
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