Whadya get? -Kevin
----- Original Message ----- From: "William H Bowen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 12:37 PM Subject: Re: Keep the bad people off the plane > ...exceptin' Alice... > > ^_^ > > will > sitting ever so comfortably on the Group W bench > > > cfhelp wrote: > > >Damit! > > > >Now I got that song in my head... > > > ><cfsing>You can get anything you want at Alison's Restaurant"</cfsing> > > > > > >Rick > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Kevin Graeme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 7:54 AM > >To: CF-Community > >Subject: Re: Keep the bad people off the plane > > > >Yeah, I snuck in a post about that in the coffee shop/military thread. It's > >a sad, sad thing. > > > >"Obie came to the realization that it was a typical case of American > >blind justice, and there wasn't nothing he could do about it, and the > >judge wasn't going to look at the twenty seven eight-by-ten colour glossy > >pictures with the circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each > >one explaining what each one was to be used as evidence against us. > > > >-Kevin > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Bill Wheatley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 3:00 PM > >Subject: Keep the bad people off the plane > > > > > > > > > >>http://money.cnn.com/2003/09/09/pf/saving/travel/passenger_screening/ind > >>ex.htm > >> > >>Airlines may screen fliers for risk > >> > >>Codes based on criminal, travel info planned in '04 that could block > >>thousands from flights. > >>September 9, 2003: 7:43 AM EDT > >> > >> > >> > >>NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Airline passengers could soon be assigned a color > >>code to assess their security risk that could keep tens of thousands of > >>passengers daily from boarding a flight, according to a published > >>report. > >> > >>The Washington Post reported Tuesday that the new system from the > >>Transportation Security Administration, is set to debut next summer in a > >>pilot program. The system will consider passengers' personal > >>information, criminal records and intelligence information, as well as > >>their city of departure, destination, traveling companions and date of > >>ticket purchase. > >> > >>The paper said that most passengers will be assigned a green code and > >>not be subject to additional scrutiny. But the paper, quoting people > >>familiar with the program, said 8 percent of passengers will be coded > >>"yellow" and will undergo additional screening at the checkpoint, while > >>1 to 2 percent will be coded red and be prevented from boarding. That > >>could equal about 30,000 passengers a day who would not be allowed to > >>board based on the average daily passenger volume. > >> > >>The program has critics. The paper reported that Delta Air Lines (DAL: > >>Research, Estimates), the nation's No. 3 carrier, backed out of a > >>testing program with the agency earlier this year. > >> > >>"This system is going to be replete with errors," the paper quotes Barry > >>Steinhardt, director of the American Civil Liberties Union's technology > >>and liberty program as saying. "You could be falsely arrested. You could > >>be delayed. You could lose your ability to travel." > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=t:5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com
