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CAPPS 2 Back to the Drawing Board
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..."
First, being on the "watch list" didn't stop a couple of them from coming in the country.
Second, Atta had the bench warrant, and was pulled over with a bench warrant, and not arrested.
Third, good grief - everyone with a ticket won't be able to fly? They only write about a gazillion of those things a day.
Finally, since when are airline ticket takers constables? What's next? Your McD's order taker will want your DOB etc so the local cops can come pick you up if you have an unpaid parking ticket?
The cesspool just got a check and balance.
CAPPS just plain doesn't work. I am a privacy advocate and have sent several letters to my congressmen and representatives apposing CAPPS, but there are graver issues involved here. Beyond the fact that the government will have extremely large neural networked databases built on people to be used for "national security" and to "keep people safe" it actually makes air travel less safe from attack!
e cks-on-our-employess-for-your-safety scam. Repeat after me, TSA and CAPPS has helped weaken security.
Check out the Carnival Booth paper put out by MIT. It is long and technical, but well worth the read. I would much rather go back to the private security agencies instead of this bullshit TSA no-hs-education-required-we-dont-do-background-ch
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