[The New Republican Surveillance State] In Ashcroft's new America, 8% of you are viewed as a risk so severe that you must be stopped, questioned, and searched.
Keene said he had been told at a private briefing by the head of the Transportation Security Administration that an estimated 8% of the 2.5 million passengers boarding commercial flights each day would be classified as posing an "unknown risk" and asked to step aside for additional searches.