From USA Today:
The concept was simple at first: Frequent fliers would clear a background check, become “trusted travelers” and be sped through less stringent airport security.
But now, the government’s small, 13-month-old test program known as Registered Traveler is provoking an intense and increasingly complicated debate about privacy and the proper roles of government and business. The resolution could have far-reaching implications not only for how Americans travel by air, but how they conduct their daily lives and commerce.