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Passengers Bound for the U.S. Are Wheels Up by the Time DHS Checks Watch Lists

Dennis Powell and Maddy Sauer report on ABC News' "The Blotter":

Airplanes bound for the U.S. from the U.K. and Europe are still not required to submit their passenger information to the Department of Homeland Security until they are wheels up and in the air.

That policy was changed temporarily in the wake of the heightened security alert and since last week all passengers on all flights from Britain to the U.S. were pre-matched to DHS terrorist watch lists before the planes took off. Now, there is a significant move to keep it that way.

posted by Fergie @ 8/15/2006 11:27:00 AM