[IP] Fliers to Be Rated for Risk Level
It is worth pointing out that as in the last sentence, this system will be
used for other purposes like making sure you don't sit next to a delinquent
father , a pornographer and then someone who disagrees with the powers that
be. Just how will accountability and errors be handled. Will being cleared
by the local police ever show up in the system (bet not).All the dangers of
systems built to do one thing and expanded djf
From: jspira@xxxxxxxxx
Dave, perhaps what is most interesting about this is that travellers won't
be told what there code is, however those who are "green" will always sail
through and those who are "yellow" will always face more intense
scrutiny. It should only take one or two trips to figure out your colour.
/s/ Jonathan
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Fliers to Be Rated for Risk Level
By Sara Kehaulani Goo
In the most aggressive -- and, some say, invasive -- step yet to protect
air travelers, the federal government and the airlines will phase in a
computer system next year to measure the risk posed by every passenger on
every flight in the United States.
The new Transportation Security Administration system seeks to probe deeper
into each passenger's identity than is currently possible, comparing
personal information against criminal records and intelligence information.
Passengers will be assigned a color code -- green, yellow or red -- based
in part on their city of departure, destination, traveling companions and
date of ticket purchase.
Most people will be coded green and sail through. But up to 8 percent of
passengers who board the nation's 26,000 daily flights will be coded
"yellow" and will undergo additional screening at the checkpoint, according
to people familiar with the program. An estimated 1 to 2 percent will be
labeled "red" and will be prohibited from boarding. These passengers also
will face police questioning and may be arrested.
The system "will provide protections for the flying public," said TSA
spokesman Brian Turmail. "Not only should we keep passengers from sitting
next to a terrorist, we should keep them from sitting next to wanted ax
murderers."
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