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CAPPS 2 Back to the Drawing Board

Posted by michael on from the holy-water-and-silver-weapons dept.

dagnabit writes "Just saw this over at MSNBC. Apparently Tom Ridge is revising CAPPS II due to the lawsuits and complaints from some Congresscritters As an alternative, the TSA is hoping frequent travellers will voluntarily give up their info..."

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  1. Steak through the *head*? by SpooForBrains · · Score: 4, Funny
    Asked whether the program could be considered dead, Ridge jokingly gestured as if he were driving a stake through its head
    Is that a common way of killing things? Effective, yes, but wouldn't it make more sense to go for the heart? Or have I been watching too much Buffy?
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    1. Re:Steak through the *head*? by Timesprout · · Score: 3, Funny

      Is that a common way of killing things?

      Not me anyway. I put steak through my head all the time. The baked potatoes and veg I also put through it may reduce the danger though.

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  2. Why would they cancel... by Dagny+Taggert · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...this idea? After all, we KNOW that the gub'ment has never, ever arrested people based on faulty info. Trust the man, people; trust the MAN.

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  3. Re:build a database you mean... by drtomaso · · Score: 3, Funny

    Also from the article:

    "We are also introducing a new ticketing scheme designed to allow us to 'red flag' potential terrorists." Stone went on to detail the program, which, in addition to the 'economy', 'business' and 'first-class' tickets we have come to expect, would introduce a new 'terrorist' class ticket. "The terrorist class seating is closest to the cockpit, and is comprised of fold-down seats, since for most of the flight they'll be on their feet brandishing ak47s and boxcutters." said Stone. "Naturally, we will watch anyone purchasing a 'terrorist class' ticket very carefully."

    I for one applaud Director Stone's new program- this should be at least as, if not even more, effective than asking for birthdates and addresses!

  4. New improved by t_allardyce · · Score: 2, Funny

    Its a great idea, keep a database of terrorists - kinda like the pedophile lists, so once they've done one offence and got on the list you can make sure they dont get on a plane again. I also like the name check system that checks to see if a terrorist has made a fake ID with an anagram of their name or their same date of birth! Biometrics is going to be the key here, you've got to iris scan everyone to make sure they are who they said they were at the passport office or who they told that guy they got the fake ID from.

    One idea though - why not add one of those little "Are you a terrorist?" tick-boxes when you buy tickets? I think if they also asked you the same question at the gate they could check to see if you had changed your choice - which would mean you were probably not telling the truth.

    Some great ideas here. Oh BTW If they do start doing all that bank account checking stuff and they discover lots of money going between Saudi-Arabia and certain people in the US, they might want to make an exception if the person in question is the owner of any oil companies or their name begins with "prince" because obviously they're not terrorists! that would be abit embaressing, especially if Bush got pulled over trying to get on Air Force 1!

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