The TSA's plans for CAPPS II -- short for the second-generation Computer Assisted Passenger Prescreening System -- call for a computer system that will analyze passengers' travel reservations, housing information, family ties, identifying details in credit reports and other personal information to determine if they're "rooted in the [terrorist] community" or have an unusual history that indicates a potential threat.
Big Brother will decide who gets to fly. That's the bottom line.In the meantime the government will compile dossiers on everyone that will make Vladimir Putin jealous.
19 posted on 12/24/2002 2:57:47 PM PST by kristinn