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[edit] Electronic Travel System Authorization

The requirement issued by Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff which requires airline passengers from visa-waived countries (most of Western Europe, Australia, Brunei, Japan, New Zealand and Singapore).

Passengers can sign up starting in August, but the new rules will not take place until December. Once screened, passengers are exempt from screening as their records will be kept on file for two years.

Chertoff claims the new requirements are necessary in regards to the potential threats from the radicalization of Europe.

Opponents claim the new rules will delay last minute business travel.

At the behest of the Spanish government, the name of the rule was change from ETA (electronic travel authorization) to ETSA because of concerns about the Basque separatist group who also goes by ETA.

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