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Airline profiling system defended
Washington Times ^ | Friday, February 13, 2004 | By Audrey Hudson

Posted on 02/12/2004 10:04:31 PM PST by JohnHuang2

Edited on 07/12/2004 4:13:21 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

A top Homeland Security official yesterday defended an airline passenger profiling system criticized in a report, saying it should not be graded until tested, but privacy concerns have grounded that phase.

The General Accounting Office (GAO), the investigative arm of Congress, flunked the Computer Assisted Pre-Screening Passenger System (CAPPS II) on seven of eight criteria set by Congress, including delays of the test.


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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: airlinesecurity; cappsii; privacy; tsa
Friday, February 13, 2004

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1 posted on 02/12/2004 10:04:31 PM PST by JohnHuang2
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asa's a-marchin' to the rear, full speed behind. just like he did when he was czar of dope.
2 posted on 02/13/2004 4:43:34 AM PST by drlevy88
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