[Peace-discuss] Fwd: Oppose the new airline passenger profiling system!

[Jay Mittenthal]

>Date: Tue, 25  Mar  2003 07:17:53 -0500
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>From: Matt Howes, National Internet Organizer, ACLU
>To: ACLU Action Network Members
>Date: March 25, 2003
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>Oppose the new airline passenger profiling system!
>
>The government is developing an airline passenger profiling system called 
>CAPPS II that will use credit information and secret databases to assess 
>your security risk level each time you fly. These secret databases could 
>include a great deal of personal information, pulled from both commercial 
>and government sources.  Not only would CAPPS II invade your privacy, but 
>if there is a mistake in any of the many databases used for the system you 
>may find yourself detained, delayed or even banned from flying.
>
>Innocent people have already been stopped and banned from flying because 
>their name appeared on government "no fly" lists. And most have been 
>unable to clear their names once they were swept into the federal 
>bureaucracy.  In addition, experts have said that terrorists will 
>inevitably learn how to circumvent the system. Identity thieves could 
>easily sidestep this check by presenting a false driver's license or 
>passport, undercutting the system's entire mission.
>
>This system will invade your privacy but not make you safe.  Click here 
>for more information and to take action.
>
>http://www.aclu.org/SafeandFree/SafeandFree.cfm?ID=12108&c=206
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