Book check.

• Author: Moynihan, Michael C.
• Position: Collection of traveler's information by the Department of Homeland Security - Brief article

THE NEXT time you travel through airport security, make sure to pack a spare Sean Hannity book. According to a September report from Wired News, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is storing and aggregating information on international flyers in a massive database--including a card catalog of information on our reading habits.

John Gilmore, co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, filed a Privacy Act request demanding access to all unclassified information obtained by DHS' Automated Targeting System, a database that assigns travelers a "risk assessment rating" based on a variety of factors. Gilmore's file contained information on books packed in his luggage--he was carrying Drugs and Rights, by Rutgers philosopher Douglas...