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Old 03-27-2004, 10:26 PM
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By the way here it is... It is called CAPPS II

What is CAPPS II?

The enhanced Computer Assisted Passenger Prescreening System (CAPPS II) is a limited, automated prescreening system authorized by Congress in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. The system, developed with the utmost concern for individual privacy rights, modernizes the prescreening system currently implemented by the airlines. It will seek to authenticate travelers' identities and perform risk assessments to detect individuals who may pose a terrorist-related threat or who have outstanding Federal or state warrants for crimes of violence.

http://www.tsa.gov/public/display?th...00051980088d91


LOL a little down on the myths and facts page they state:

Myth: CAPPS II will run a criminal background check on every passenger.

It will assess the identity of every passenger by matching limited information about the traveler, including name, date of birth, address, and phone number, with commercially available information. This check is done between databases outside of a government firewall. CAPPS II will not bring any information contained in the commercial databases into the government's system.

CAPPS II also performs a risk assessment, including a check against lists of terrorists and known or suspected threats, to detect individuals who may pose a terrorist-related threat or who have outstanding Federal or state warrants for crimes of violence.

If they do not run your criminal background check, how the hell will they know of state and federal warrants????

Ya, I sure believe their lies about this system as well as that they are not datamining etc.

Who will control it anyways
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