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Why not to answer census: Answers used against you [priv]


From: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 14:19:26 -0600

[Though I suppose the counterargument is that if you DO answer
questions, perhaps you'll be able to board planes more quickly. --Declan]

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Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 09:24:10 -0500
From: "Leo G. Simonetta" <simonetta () artsci com>
Subject: FW: Study used census information for terror profile
To: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>

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Leo G. Simonetta
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http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20040118-114335-2930r.htm

Study used census information for terror profile
By Audrey Hudson
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Published January 19, 2004


     U.S. census information provided by millions 
of Americans was used in a government study to 
profile airline passengers as terrorist risks.
     The National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration also obtained for its study the 
private information of hundreds of thousands of 
passengers flying Northwest Airlines, an action 
NASA denied to The Washington Times in September.
[...]
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