[IP] Fliers to Be Rated for Risk Level

[Dave Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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@basex.com


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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