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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


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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.

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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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