Terrorism Risk Assessment

Over the past ten years, my grandmother has made various air
trips. My grandmother makes several trips every year. She usually
pays by check or by cash. She rarely uses her credit card (she has
just one credit card). On long flights, she calls ahead to the
airline and asks for a fruit plate, instead of the regular meal.
My grandmother watches her sodium intake, especially when she is
traveling and away from her usual routines. She likes a window
seat. However, all this must be on the U.S. Department of Homeland
Security data base. Possibly, my grandmother has a terrorism risk
assessment score:

link:
ACLU Urges U.S. to Stop Collecting Traveler Data

If you have flown recently, you have a terrorism risk assessment
too - and it is unlikely that you will know what that assessment
is. “The travelers are not allowed to see or directly challenge
these risk assessments, which the government intends to keep on
file for 40 years.”

link: Terror-risk program
draws outrage

link: U.S.
Tracks Canadians For Terror Traits

My grandmother will have the New York Times with her, when she
flies. She likes the cross-word puzzles and is very good at them,
but the Homeland Security people probably know that already.

Catherine