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PAS : KE ARAH PEMERINTAHAN ISLAM YANG ADIL
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PASSENGER "PROFILING" VIOLATES CIVIL RIGHTS
WASHINGTON, DC (9/7/96) - On Monday, September 9, President Clinton will
receive recommendations for wide-ranging improvements in airport security.
The proposals include a number of security improvements that could help
strengthen airport security:
1) mandatory matching of baggage to passengers,
2) an increase in the number of bomb-sniffing dogs,
3) better background checks and training for airline and airport workers,
and
4) vulnerability assessments for every commercial U.S. airport.
These and other legitimate recommendations, formulated by the White House
Commission on Aviation Safety and Security, deserve the traveling public's
full support. (The Commission was created by President Clinton following the
recent downing of TWA Flight 800.) However, some Commission recommendations
could lead to violations of civil and privacy rights. These proposals
include:
1) an automated passenger "profiling" system that would single out certain
travelers as potential security threats.
(A Sept. 6 NBC News report indicated that the profiling system for El Al
Airlines, often cited as a model on security issues, singles out
"DARK-SKINNED" travelers as "potential terrorists.")
2) installation of new and more sophisticated bomb detection equipment,
which other media reports indicate may include the use of cameras that
search under clothing. In his September 5 testimony on these
recommendations, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Legislative Counsel
Greg Nojeim made the following comments: On Profiling - "Reduced to its
essentials, a 'profile' is a stereotype...Profiling...permits treatment of
passengers as potential criminals in the absence of facts specific to them
that suggest they are likely to engage in criminal activity...In short,
instead of training security personnel to determine whether a passenger fits
a pre-conceived stereotype of what a 'terrorist' is, security personnel
should be trained to recognize an individual's specific activity that
creates a reasonable, articulable suspicion of possible criminality that
warrants further inquiry." Mr. Nojeim went on to describe the case of
Abraham Ahmad, the Arab-American detained following the Oklahoma City
bombing solely because of his "profile." On a Computerized Passenger
Registry - "Another proposal is the creation of a massive data base of
potential air passengers that would include identifying information (a
picture, description, fingerprint, DNA sample, or PIN number), address,
flying patterns with a particular airline, bill paying at a particular
address, criminal records and other information...This...would be used to
decide whether the passenger 'fits the profile' and should be subjected to
heightened security measures...Computerizing the stereotype makes it even
more objectionable. The proposal violates the principles of privacy and
individualized determinations of potential criminality described
above...Every person who has had difficulty in clearing an inaccuracy in
their credit record knows that this system will be a nightmare..." On
Cameras That Search Under Clothing - "If there is ever a place where a
person has a reasonable expectation of privacy, it is under their
clothing...we urge the Commission to reject proposals that body scanners
capable of projecting an image of a person's naked body be employed to clear
airline passengers not otherwise under legitimate suspicion." On Security
Recommendations - "Let the Commission adopt this as the Golden Rule of
airline security: at the airport ticket counter, passengers check only their
luggage, not their rights to personal security, privacy, and equality."
ACTIONS REQUESTED: (Polite responses only. Hostile comments only serve to
confirm existing stereotypes.)
1) CONTACT PRESIDENT WILLIAM J. CLINTON, The White House, Washington, D.C.,
20500 Tel: 202-456-1111 FAX: 202-456-2461
EMAIL: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Offer support for legitimate security
measures. Ask him to delete the recommendations that violate civil and
privacy rights.
Airline safety plans should not use race, religion, national origin, or
political opinions as a basis to determine who is subjected to heightened
security measures. Ask that the U.S. NOT adopt El Al's racist passenger
profiles. Ask that a mechanism for reporting discriminatory treatment be
added to the recommendations. Ask that passengers be made aware of patterns
of abuse by particular airlines.
2) President Clinton will submit a $300 million supplemental budget request
to begin implementing the new security measures. CONTACT YOUR ELECTED
REPRESENTATIVES to ask that the negative provisions not be funded. Call the
U.S. Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121 to find out the names and phone
numbers of your representatives. Members of Congress may also be emailed by
accessing: http://www.infi.net/~bartlett/email.htm
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