A little more info on security profiling

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From: Ted Nelson <[email protected]>
Date: December 3, 2006 6:44:47 AM EST
To: David Farber <[email protected]>
Cc: Ted Nelson <[email protected]>
Subject: A little more info on security profiling
Reply-To: [email protected]

Dave, here are some more tantalizing views of our
  tax dollars at work and play.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-11-30-traveler- 
screening_x.htm

We are of course being Profiled as we go in and out of the country.

"Without notifying the public, federal agents for the past four years  
have assigned millions of international travelers, including  
Americans, computer-generated scores rating the risk they pose of  
being terrorists or criminals.

"The travelers are not allowed to see or directly challenge these  
risk assessments, which the government intends to keep on file for 40  
years.
...

"Sobel said in the interview the government notice also raises the  
possibility that faulty risk assessments could cost innocent people  
jobs in shipping or travel, government contracts, licenses or other  
benefits."

The list of attributes taken under consideration is interesting.
  It's basically whatever they can find.

All this was obvious, but at least they're being up front about it.

Merry Christmas, Ted

-- 
Theodor Holm Nelson
   Visiting Fellow, Oxford Internet Institute
   Visiting Professor, University of Southampton
   Founder, Project Xanadu