What's that quote from? Tim
-----Original Message----- From: Kevin Graeme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 8:54 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 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm
