Records the Identity Project obtained confirmed the government is receiving data from reservation systems, such as Galileo and Sabre. The data, in some cases, are more detailed than the information to which the airlines have access.

The DHS created a program called DHS Trip to provide redress for travelers facing screening problems at ports of entry.

DHS Trip does not allow a traveler to challenge an agency decision in court.

The system is exempt from certain Privacy Act requirements, including the right to contest the content of the record. A traveler has no ability to correct erroneous information

Zakariya Reed, an Ohio firefighter, said in an interview he has been detained seven times at the Michigan border since 2006. Twice he was questioned by officials about politically charged opinion pieces he had published in his local newspaper. The essays were critical of US MidEast policy. During a secondary interview, he said, "they had them printed out on the table in front of