Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Trusted Traveler Program

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Trusted Traveler Program: "

Department of Homeland Security boss Janet Napolitano
told a conference of travel and tourism industry leaders gathered in
Las Vegas that the prospect of shoe bombing remains a threat to
aviation.

“Aviation remains a target. Material taken from Bin Laden’s house in Pakistan confirms that,” she said.

“We are moving away from one size fits all in security,” she added.
“Trusted traveller programs are where we are focused. But it is more
difficult than you imagine. You need to recognize it only takes one
plane to go down.”

Napolitano’s remarks fall on the heels of a report commissioned by the U.S. Travel Association
that calls on airlines to create a voluntary “trusted traveler” program
similar to a mandatory one previously proposed by president Bush and
rejected by Congress.

TSA administrator and former deputy FBI director John Pistole told
the Wall Street Journal that the agency would use data from
frequent-flier programs, which many carriers have kept for decades, to
identify potential "trusted travelers,” the Boston Globe
reports. Boarding passes of individuals in the program would be marked
with a bar code, and those passengers would go through an expedited
screening line after presenting their passes and valid identification.

In order to use the program and avoid intrusive pat-downs and
dangerous backscatter radiation naked body scanners, flyers would be
required to submit biometric and biographical information, pass robust
background checks and be verified by TSA at the time of travel to pass
through an alternative security process, USA Today reported last December.

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