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DHS Plans Changes in Air Passenger Screening

Posted by Zonk on from the oh-you-mean-we-get-to-fly-now dept.

narramissic writes "The Department of Homeland Security on Thursday announced plans to revamp its Secure Flight program, with the agency no longer assigning risk scores to passengers or using predictive behavior technology. In addition, the Transportation Security Administration, part of DHS, will have direct control of checking domestic passenger lists against terrorist watch lists, instead of the airlines, said DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff. Just the same Marc Rotenberg, executive director of privacy advocacy group the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), notes, air passengers still can't see the reasons why they're targeted for extensive searches or kept off flights, nor can they correct bad information on the terrorist watch lists. 'The problems with the watch list are still valid and are not going away,' said Rotenberg."

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  1. no longer no longer assigning risk scores by frovingslosh · · Score: 2, Funny
    no longer no longer assigning risk scores

    Does that mean they are doing it again?

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    I'm an American. I love this country and the freedoms that we used to have.
  2. De Ja Vu by Chikenistheman · · Score: 5, Funny

    with the agency no longer no longer assigning risk scores to passengers or using predictive behavior technology.

     
    This can only mean they changed something in the Matrix
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    If a million people jumped off a cliff, it'd only be a short time until I landed in a nice soft mountain of bodies.
  3. So? by swokm · · Score: 2, Funny

    I, for one, think it's great that I get taken into a back room, strip searched and probed with a cattle prod in sensitive areas just because I have a goatee. What the heck is the wrong with that, it hasn't done me any har--

    Wait, what was I talking about? Who are you? Where are my pants?!

  4. Re:Again, meh by noidentity · · Score: 3, Funny

    If the airlines are happy with participating in keeping away the tens of thousands of dollars I used to spend on flying every year, that's ok with me, fuck them and the tax money they generate. I don't know what I'm trying to say here except that I hope the flight industry dies. Let's get some fuckin' bullet-trains built. France has one.


    See, they're smarter than you think! They knew you were going to post this awful opinion of them on Slashdot today, so they put you on that list years ago.

  5. Did Digg just change its interface? by smitingpurpleemu · · Score: 2, Funny

    Seriously, what's with the ridiculous digg-style "The Government is coming after you, run!!!!" posts here lately?