TRIP launched on February 21, 2007. Upon launch, it was tentatively praised by the
National Business Travelers Association and the
Association of Corporate Travel Executives.
Anita Ramasastry wrote for
FindLaw that, although an improvement over the
status quo, TRIP still did not accord travelers sufficient due process. A 165-page report was prepared by the
Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General based on a field investigation between March 2008 and September 2008. Originally released September 11, 2009, it was released publicly with some
sensitive security information redacted in October 2009. One of the problems noted by the report was that even after DHS cleared a particular individual from the watchlist, airlines might still be using outdated versions of the list and might therefore flag cleared individuals. DHS said it was planning to transition to the
Secure Flight program where the responsibility of managing the watchlist would rest with the government rather than with airlines, thereby eliminating the need to coordinate list updates with airlines. ==References==