I understand that the Department of Homeland Security intends to implement
the `Secure Flight' system of vetting airline passengers, despite its dubious
effectiveness and despite privacy concerns.  I urge you to insist that Congress
enact the important provisions  initially passed by both the Senate and the
House of Representatives in the FY 2006 Department of Homeland Security
Appropriations bill that would (1) guarantee objective GAO oversight by the
General Accounting Office, and (2) prevent funding from going to commercial
data brokers such as ChoicePoint, which have sold the personal information
of millions of people to identity thieves and which offer no easy way for
individuals to examine their records and to correct inaccuracies.