here's another one though:
U.S. Scraps Airline Passenger Info Plan
The United States has scrapped a plan to collect personal data on airline passengers, after spending $100 million on planning, USA Today reported.
Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge said the Computer-Assisted Passenger Prescreening System, or CAPPS II, is being dismantled because of concerns over privacy and effectiveness.
Under the system, each passenger would have been required to give an airline or travel agent his or her full name, date of birth, address and telephone number. The government would then verify the identity through a database of terrorist watch lists, as well as public records and mail marketing lists.
Some members of Congress called it an unwarranted intrusion into passengers' privacy, while others complained that terrorists using fake identities could easily evade the system.
Nonetheless, Ridge said a new program with a different name might be developed to take the place of CAPPS II.
That's a laugh. The congressmen are all flying around in corporate jets. They're not the ones at risk.