If you where staying in VEGAS over NEW YEARS ...Las Vegas Hotels, Airlines Ordered By FBI

http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=04/01/06/1557210



We speak with the ACLU about the FBI's demand for guest and passenger information in Las Vegas over the New Year's holiday period using the Patriot Act and subsequent rounds of anti-terrorism legislation passed to give the FBI an expansion of its information-gathering powers without judicial oversight.
The U.S. was thrown into high alert in December when the Department of Homeland Security upped the nation's warning level to Code Orange days before Christmas.

Officials across the country have been taking what they call "security measures" in response to the elevated threat level.

Although you may think these measures have not affected you, if you spent this New Year's in Las Vegas - think again.

The FBI ordered Las Vegas hotels and airlines serving McCarran International Airport to give them information on guests and travelers. The hotel operators and airlines are being required to turn over the information for everyone at least during the New Year's holiday period.

Newsweek, which broke the story, reported that when one hotel refused to turn over the information, the government subpoenaed the records.

Whoa....I was there but unaware that they collected/are trying to collect this information.

Since the beginning of 2003 there has been a requirement to pre-file your name, address and passport number and country when taking a cruise that involves a US port.

When I flew to Las Vegas just before Christmas I was suprised to find the airline requested my passport number as part of the online booking process. All hotels require some form of goverment issued id.

It is rumoured that starting in 2005 we will need biometric data to enter the US.