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Oppose CAPS II - no-fly lists

by babus weiner
(reprint) Despite strong opposition from airlines, privacy advocates and Members of Congress, the Bush Administration is pushing ahead with plans to implement a computerized airline passenger profiling program that would create secret blacklists of innocent people prevented from flying.
(reprinted from an email)

see sfgate article for more info:

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/01/13/MNG9M48TT91.DTL

The ACLU is organizing political action against the CAPS II program:

From: Matt Howes, National Internet Organizer, ACLU
To: ACLU Action Network Members
Date: January 13, 2003

Despite strong opposition from airlines, privacy advocates and Members of Congress, the Bush Administration is pushing ahead with plans to implement a computerized airline passenger profiling program that would -- without making us any safer -- create secret blacklists of innocent people prevented from flying.

This new profiling system would use giant databases of personal information and secret intelligence information to perform a background check on any person who wishes to fly. Innocent people misidentified as terrorists could be barred from flying with no way of clearing their names.  

This system will not only create a false sense of security since terrorists will easily circumvent its basic protections, it will also compile private information about you and your family. Airlines have refused to participate in the program, but the Bush Administration is planning to mandate their involvement.

Take Action! Urge your Members of Congress to oppose this dangerous program.

Click here to get more information and to send free faxes to your Members of Congress: 
http://www.aclu.org/Privacy/Privacy.cfm?ID=12108&c=39

2) Send us feedback you receive from Members of Congress
Finally, please remember to send us any letters you receive from your Members of Congress in response to ACLU action alerts. These can often help our lobbying efforts by providing important intelligence about the positions being taken by Members of Congress. You can email letters to field [at] dcaclu.org or snail mail to:

ACLU Field Department
1333 H Street NW, 10th Floor
Washington, DC 20005
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