Oppose the New Airline Passenger Profiling System

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

Delivered-To: dfarber+ () ux13 sp cs cmu edu
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 11:42:12 -0500 (EST)
From: ACLU Action Network <action () dcaclu org>

From: Matt Howes, National Internet Organizer, ACLU
To: ACLU Action Network Members
Date: January 13, 2003

Despite strong opposition from airlines, privacy advocates and Members of 
Congress, the Bush Administration is pushing ahead with plans to implement 
a computerized airline passenger profiling program that would -- without 
making us any safer -- create secret blacklists of innocent people 
prevented from flying.
This new profiling system would use giant databases of personal information 
and secret intelligence information to perform a background check on any 
person who wishes to fly. Innocent people misidentified as terrorists could 
be barred from flying with no way of clearing their names.

This system will not only create a false sense of security since terrorists 
will easily circumvent its basic protections, it will also compile private 
information about you and your family. Airlines have refused to participate 
in the program, but the Bush Administration is planning to mandate their 
involvement.
Take Action! Urge your Members of Congress to oppose this dangerous program.
Click here to get more information and to send free faxes to your Members 
of Congress:

http://www.aclu.org/Privacy/Privacy.cfm?ID=12108&c=39


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