Passenger Risk Database to be Implemented in U.S.

bluephile writes "CNN is running an article on the The Transport Security Administration's (TSA) renewed efforts to implement the CAPPS II color-coded passenger risk-assessment program, despite outcries by numerous privacy activism groups at the program's collection and redistribution of personal information. The TSA has made several claims that the system respects passengers' privacy, but their track record isn't impressive. Congress suspended the program last year in order to investigate its privacy implications. One MIT paper suggests that CAPPS II could make flying MORE dangerous, rather than less."

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Re:Orwellian, don't you think?

[glitch23]

There is no appeal. Why should there be? The system is flawless, so anyone it flags must be a terrorist! Why let terrorists waste the time of honest, upstanding American citizens with an appeal that is certain to be denied? Are you suggesting the system might be flawed? That the Government might be wrong?

No system is flawless but you have to start somewhere. You know that it's foreign born people who immigrate to this country who cause 99.999% of the terrorist acts so why wouldn't you take extra time to keep tabs on them as they come in? The ones coming into this country are not US citizens therefore they do not have the same rights, although people seem to think they do. When you can narrow down criminal activity down to certain types of people you should be looking at those people to try to prevent further crime, not look the other way. Yes, you have to accept false positives but its better than not find anything at all.