CAPPS II Canceled

dvanhorn <[email protected]> Sat, 17 Jul 2004 11:48:46 -0400

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[ More great news. -d ]

http://www.eff.org/news/archives/2004_07.php#001734

CAPPS II Cancelled
Dept. of Homeland Security Puts Stake in the Heart of Passenger Profiling System

Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge said yesterday that development of
CAPPS II - the government's controversial airline passenger surveillance
program – will not continue. As reported by USA Today:

    Asked Wednesday whether the program could be considered dead, Ridge
    jokingly gestured as if he were driving a stake through its heart and
    said, "Yes."

EFF Senior Staff Attorney Lee Tien said, "Finally, the Department of
Homeland Security has recognized what EFF has been saying all along: the
proposed CAPPS II system would be an ineffective, expensive, and unnecessary
invasion of travelers' privacy."
Posted at 11:20 AM


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