This came in on the AP Wire this afternoon:

"The government wants detailed information about every person who comes to or leaves the country by plane or boat, and for the first time will require U.S. citizens to fill out forms detailing their comings and goings. Under rules proposed Friday, the information would be sent electronically to the government for matching against security databases."

See. first they go after the "other people," then they come for us.

Maybe we are hypersensitive, since the article reports that the ACLU is not concerned about the new rules. "The American Civil Liberties Union, which has criticized many of the administration's anti-terrorism information-gathering efforts, said these rules should not impinge on people's privacy. "We don't see a huge downside," said spokeswoman Emily Whitfield."

But we don't see why the Government should be able to enter where we've been and where we are going into a database. What's next? Will they check it against your income tax returns to see if you reported enough income to justify the travel? Will they use the data to begin an investigation of who you met with overseas?