Worldwide Effort To Restrict Everyone’s Right To Travel Is Close To A Reality
By MassPrivateI According to a recently published white paper there is a worldwide effort to restrict the right to travel of everyone. And you will not…
Air Travel
Year in Review: Airport Surveillance Takes Off in a New, Dangerous Direction
By Jennifer Granick and India McKinney In 2018, we learned that expanded biometric surveillance is coming to an airport near you. This includes face recognition,…
TSA’s Roadmap for Airport Surveillance Moves in a Dangerous Direction
By India McKinney The Transportation Security Administration has set out an alarming vision of pervasive biometric surveillance at airports, which cuts against the right to…
Biometric ID For Travel Goes Global With New CBP Tourism Partnership
By Nicholas West Biometric identification has quietly rolled out at several U.S. airports and various locations around the world. In some cases, it has been…
These International Borders Have Become “No Rights Zones”
By Simon Black, Sovereign Man On June 15, 1215, King John sat in a field in Runnymede, England, surrounded by angry nobles. His Barons—the big…
TSA Announces “biometrics vision for all commercial aviation travelers”
Activist Post Editor’s Note: As we’ve been covering for some time, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has a mandate that’s been 15 years…
The Government Is Blacklisting People Based on Predictions of Future Crimes
By Hina Shamsi, Director, ACLU National Security Project Imagine: You’ve never been charged with any crime, yet the government blacklists you as a terrorism threat…
TSA Facial Recognition Experiment Receives 85% Accuracy Rate
By Aaron Kesel The TSA is using facial recognition technology with a “biometric confirmation” rate of 85% for testing purposes at airports. U.S. Customs and…
Canadians Now Allowed 30 Grams Of Cannabis While Flying Domestically
By Aaron Kesel Citizens in Canada will be allowed to pack as much as 30 grams of cannabis while traveling domestically within Canada’s borders thanks…
“Digital Strip Searches” Increasing at Borders; Refusal Could Lead to $5K Fine
By Nicholas West Apparently the era of “digital papers please” is upon us. Earlier this year, in March, I reported on allegations that travelers on…
TSA Bosses Covered Up Internal Sexual Harassment; What Does That Mean For The Public Cases?
By Aaron Kesel The Transportation Security Administration, the agency always fingered for groping allegations of passengers boarding airplanes, has reportedly had bad bosses for quite…
FBI Made Innocent Man’s Life a Living Hell, Told Him They Would Stop if He Became a Snitch—Lawsuit
By Rachel Blevins Portland, OR – A federal appeals court has ruled that a man can move forward with his lawsuit alleging that he was…
First U.S. Airport “Biometric Terminal” Set For Rollout This Year
By Nicholas West Biometric identification at U.S. airports has quietly been rolling out at various locations around the country. In some cases, it has been…
Privacy Concerns of “Mission Creep” with New Airport Facial Recognition Programs
By Nicholas West It’s a trend that is quickly becoming accepted reality – biometric identification at U.S. airports. So far, it has been marketed mainly…