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Article: Amtrak provided DEA with passenger information.(United States Drug Enforcement Administration)(Brief Article)

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June 1, 2001
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Amtrak recently acknowledged that its ticketing office in Albuquerque, New Mexico, shared passenger information with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and took a 10 percent cut of any assets confiscated from drug couriers.

A computer link from the Albuquerque ticketing terminal provided the DEA with passenger information including name, itinerary and method of payment. Based on this information, the DEA selected passengers for questioning and luggage to be searched by drug-sniffing ...

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