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Homeland Security Tracks Information of Travelers

Posted by Zonk on from the you-have-nothing-to-hide-right dept.

feuerfalke writes "Homeland Security recently disclosed a plan regarding an Automated Targeting System, or ATS, that would generate a 'terrorist risk rating' based on information collected about the traveler. This information would include things such as where they are from, how they paid for tickets, their motor vehicle records, past one-way travel, seating preference and the meals they ordered in-flight. These ratings have now been assigned to millions of international travelers, including Americans, and the ATS is exempt from many provisions of the Privacy Act — one cannot view their rating or the information used to generate it."

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  1. I'll take a... by dave562 · · Score: 1, Troll

    ...one way ticket to Dubai, aisle seat... with a Terrorist Meal. Oh, can I carry on this box cutter or do I need to check it with my Semtex filled laptop?

  2. Here, my friends, is the code for this... by sheepoo · · Score: 0, Troll

    if user_food_type = 'halal' then
    raise_alarm()
    else if check_country_population_for_muslims > 50 then
    raise_alarm()
    else if seating_preference() close_to_cockpit and user_appearance like 'arab'
    raise_alarm()
    end if
    print 'americans are scared and americans are morons'

  3. Re:So if you're flagged ... by operagost · · Score: -1, Troll

    Why go to a country that will treat me like crap at immigration, then potentially kidnap me and ship me to Cuba if some computer tells them I might be a terrist?
    That's okay. We don't want fools like you here.
    --

    Gamingmuseum.com: Give your 3D accelerator a rest.
  4. Re:So if you're flagged ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Welcome to several years ago: a heck of lot of people have already decided they don't want to visit America anymore.

    No worries, mate. We've got enough whining, paranoid little bitches in the USA already and your presence isn't missed at all. Besides, I'd rather not see you, your greasy "girlfriend" and your silly patch-covered backpack anyway. Might I suggest a visit to France instead?

  5. Re:How can anyone think profiling works? by neoform · · Score: 1, Troll

    No no no, people don't want to think about THOSE terrorists, Timothy McVey way really just a nice american pie type guy who just got mad. Muslims are bred and trained from birth for one thing; to hate and want to kill Americans. You simply can't compare the two..!

    --
    MABASPLOOM!
  6. Re:Muslims hijacked more planes than your examples by KingNaught · · Score: -1, Troll
    Yah a few muslim extremists kill a few thousand in the USA, while our state sanctioned Army run by a bunch of rich white guys has killed millions of people in Vietnam, Korea, Iraq, etc... How many Iraq's civilins died in the Shock and Awe, probably a lot more than died on 911. If you want a profile of a mass murderer just look at the average US Congressman/President.

    Theres a reason muslems in the middle east hate us. Its not becuase we have freedom and they don't, it's not even becuase their Musslim and were "Christian". Its becuase we kill , and support countries that kill, their Fathers, Mothers, Sister, Brothers, Sons, and Duahgters. It doesn't make what they did on 911 right, it just makes us just as wrong as them. Were all going to hell and we probably deserve it.