[Carrie]

KK, I wouldn't even go that far - I don't want them accessing my credit report; there's no reason for them to do so.
Peaches said it would take 3 keystrokes for a terrorist to become a model citizen - turn it around. It would also take 3 keystrokes for a model citizen to become public enemy #1. All you need is a typo or a cranky gov't airport screener who thinks she's being cute and has no concept of what the simplest entry into that person's profile might do.

Regardless of human error though - it's all about privacy. There is no reason for Delta OR the gov't to go snooping through my credit report and my bank account activity (did you guys miss that part?):
"which will check such things as credit reports and bank account activity and compare passenger names with those on government watch lists. "

Will check SUCH THINGS AS - those two are listed, but what else isn't? The two of those are bad enough!
The *only* persons who should have access to that info are people I specifically give permission to access it for monetary purposes - such as a loan or a mortgage.

How the hell can you determine someone's possibility of being a terrorist by looking at their credit report?
How the hell can you determine someone's possibility of being a terrorist by looking at their bank account activity?!?

Okay - terrorists will most likely have large deposits made and large cash withdrawals... hot damn, Bill Gates must be a terrorist! Netpond pays me from an overseas account - I must be a terrorist!
It makes no sense.
And credit reports?!? What the fuck? That's not relevant at ALL. Never mind the fact that the top three credit reporting agencies *usually* have incorrect information in their databases. Hell, they had me living in California, Florida, New York and Maryland *all at the same time* - when I had lived in MD all my life and had just moved to New York a few months earlier. (I had never lived in FL at that point and still have never set foot in Cali.)
Gee, TRW says I have bad credit and multiple addresses - I must be a terrorist!

And once they DO establish a "threat level" - what are they going to do with that information? Deny me a plane ticket? Tell me I can't fly?

How is this going to hinder terrorists whatsoever? Last I knew, the Oklahoma City bombings had nothing to do with planes - most of the bombings in Israel and Ireland have nothing to do with planes...

It is completely unnecessary invasion of privacy *THAT WE HAVE NO WAY OF OPTING OUT OF*. Period. If you want to fly, you MUST go through this privacy invasion. You can't simply deny the background check and opt instead for a full baggage search and detailed security screening at the airport. You buy a ticket, you're in the database and your info is being searched - whether you like it or not.

JR, you put far too much trust in Congress. Just because it passed both the House and Senate doesn't mean it's good for us. More likely is that it was a nice quickie way to go back to the Constituents and say "Don't worry, I'm keeping you safe" and get more votes.