Airport Screening Concerns Civil Liberties Groups

Fisher1949 · Mar 12, 2013

How many times have we said that the PreCheck program is rife with unintended consequences?

Aviation security leaders are moving forward with plans to shift toward a risk-based system of passenger screening — an idea supported by the travel industry and government officials who want screeners to focus on travelers who may present a security threat.

But as details emerge on how governments and airlines plan to distinguish between “trusted travelers” eligible for lighter screening and those who will receive more scrutiny, civil liberties groups and some European regulators are questioning the use of vast amounts of personal data to decide which travelers to examine more closely — or to prevent from flying at all.

The debate is likely to become more heated as civil rights groups and passengers — two groups unrepresented at the conference — get a clearer sense of where trusted traveler programs are headed.

“The notion that the government is in any position to judge who is trusted and who is risky is very problematic,” said Jay Stanley, a senior policy analyst at the American Civil Liberties Union. “Terrorist attacks on airlines are basically freak events — fortunately, they’re exceedingly rare — so any attempt to predict who is likely to engage in that type of thing is inevitably going to sweep up a vast number of innocent people.”
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http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/12/b...sonal-data-raises-privacy-issues.html?hp&_r=0

Frank · Mar 12, 2013

Not to mention that it's a process ripe for abuse. Say something bad about Obamalamadingdong? You'll never be a "trusted traveller." In fact, let's put you on the "selectee" list so you have your crotch grabbed every time you fly.

CelticWhisper · Mar 12, 2013

Frank said: ↑

Not to mention that it's a process ripe for abuse. Say something bad about Obamalamadingdong? You'll never be a "trusted traveller." In fact, let's put you on the "selectee" list so you have your crotch grabbed every time you fly.
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Plus, if we extrapolate that out to later elections with POTUS from other parties, suddenly formerly "Trusted" people find themselves "untrusted" for saying something bad about, say, Rand Paul or Jeb Bush and those who disparaged Obama are suddenly "Trusted." Poof, innocent travelers get caught up in partisan turf wars for speaking their mind about something totally unrelated to travel.

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