CAPPS II -- The Latest "Red Scare"

[Tyler Durden]

"Get tagged as a Red, perhaps based on "intelligence" like Usenet  postings, 
mailing list activity, political activity, and airlines are  ordered to bar 
use of their services. And arrest follows."

Serves you right. You and your constant criticisms of our divine and 
God-appointed protectors and leaders will certainly cause your privileges to 
be revoked. And in case you haven't yet learned:

Stop expressing yourself and everything will be OK. Shut up, keep your head 
down and stay with the pack.

-TD


>From: Tim May <timcmay at got.net>
>To: cypherpunks at lne.com
>Subject: CAPPS II -- The Latest "Red Scare"
>Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2003 09:24:54 -0700
>
>"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."
>
><http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1802&ncid=1802&e=2&u=/ 
>washpost/20030909/ts_washpost/a45434_2003sep8>
>
>
>Charming. Now people face "arrest" (Washington Post story claim) for  
>merely be tagged as a Red.
>
>Get tagged as a Red, perhaps based on "intelligence" like Usenet  postings, 
>mailing list activity, political activity, and airlines are  ordered to bar 
>use of their services. And arrest follows.
>
>I know the ACLU is already having a field day with this. I wonder what  the 
>charges justifying arrest will be? "Your honor, this man was  flagged "Red" 
>by our computers. We request one million dollars bail.  He's a flight 
>risk....cough."
>
>No wonder the airlines are facing bankruptcy. Except Big Brother is  
>bailing them out, semi-nationalizing them (probably giving big pieces  of 
>control to Halliburton and other Bush crony companies...even Hitler  was 
>not this transparent).
>
>
>--Tim May
>
>
>Join the boycott against Delta Airlines for their support of the Big  
>Brotherish "CAPPS II" citizen-unit tracking program.
>
>http://www.boycottdelta.org
>http://boycottdelta.org/images/deltaeyebanner.gif
>
>With our help, Delta Airlines may be joining United and US Air in the   
>bankruptcy scrap heap.

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