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Asked Wednesday whether the program could be considered dead, Ridge
jokingly gestured as if he were driving a stake through its heart and
said, "Yes."
(...)
Ridge said a new program with a different name might be developed to
take the place of CAPPS II.
RB
(Unten noch die Heise-Meldung dazu.)
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http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2004-07-14-fly-plan_x.htm
Plan to collect flier data canceled
By Mimi Hall and Barbara DeLollis, USA TODAY
A controversial government plan to collect personal information from
airline passengers and rank travelers according to terrorist risk level
is being dismantled because of concerns over privacy and effectiveness,
Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge said Wednesday.
Ridge said security leaders have all but scrapped plans for the
Computer-Assisted Passenger Prescreening System, known as CAPPS II. The
program was never officially begun, even though the government has spent
more than $100 million on its planning.
Once touted as a key tool for keeping U.S. skies safe from terrorists,
the system has been under relentless criticism from privacy advocates
and some members of Congress who called it an unwarranted intrusion into
passengers' privacy.
Asked Wednesday whether the program could be considered dead, Ridge
jokingly gestured as if he were driving a stake through its heart and
said, "Yes."
He cited the privacy concerns, particularly those arising from recently
proposed regulations that would have required airlines to hand over
information about passengers as part of a test of the program. Critics
in Congress also complained that terrorists using fake identities could
easily evade the system.
Under CAPPS II, each passenger would have been required to give an
airline or travel agent his or her full name, date of birth, address and
telephone number. The government would verify a passenger's identity
through a database of terrorist watch lists, as well as public records
and mail marketing lists.
Each passenger would be given a color to indicate his or her potential
threat level. A "red" rating would mean the passenger would not be
allowed to fly; "yellow" would mean additional security at the airport;
"green" would mean a trip through regular security.
Ridge said a new program with a different name might be developed to
take the place of CAPPS II. But if enough people volunteer to provide
personal information through a new "registered traveler" program, that
alone could replace CAPPS II.
The Transportation Security Administration had budgeted $60 million for
CAPPS II next year alone. "It was falling under its own weight ? not
just the privacy concerns, but the sheer impracticality of it," said
Barry Steinhardt of the American Civil Liberties Union. "It was always a
question of when they were going to pull the plug."
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http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/49119
15.07.2004 14:58
US-Regierung will Flugpassagierdatenbank CAPPS II nicht einsetzen
Die US-amerikanische Regierung will offenbar das
Flugpassagierdatenbank-Projekt CAPPS II doch nicht auf breiter Ebene in
die Tat umsetzen. Auf die Frage, ob das Programm nicht mehr
weitergeführt wird, hat der US-amerikanische Minister für Homeland
Security laut USA Today[1] mit einem klaren "Ja" geantwortet und eine
Geste gemacht, als würde er sich einen Pfahl ins Herz stoßen. An die
Stelle von CAPPS II, bei dem rund 35 Millionen Datensätze ein- und
ausreisender Flugpassagiere pro Jahr verarbeitet und mit behördlichen
und privaten Datenbanken abgeglichen werden sollten, werde ein anderes
Programm treten.
CAPPS II sei nicht allein an datenschutzrechtlichen Bedenken[2]
gescheitert, sondern vor allem unter seinem eigenen Gewicht
zusammengefallen, zitiert der Bericht Barry Steinhardt von der American
Civil Liberties Union. Die übergroße Datenbank sei schon wegen der
mangelnden Praktikabilität nicht umsetzbar gewesen. Es sei lediglich
eine Frage der Zeit gewesen, wann die Verantwortlichen den Stecker
ziehen würden.
CAPPS II wurde vom US-amerikanischen Kongress in Folge der Attentate
des 11. September 2001 auf den Weg gebracht. Es sollte im Gegensatz zur
Vorgängerversion wesentlich mehr Daten über die Passagiere sammeln als
für Flugbetrieb und Zahlungsabwicklung notwendig. Den Passagieren wäre
nach dem System von Verkehrsampeln entsprechend ihrem Risikopotenzial
eine der drei Farben grün, gelb und rot zugewiesen worden. Gelb hätte
intensivere Durchsuchungen bedeutet, rot ein Flugverbot.
(anw[3]/c't)
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[1] http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2004-07-14-fly-plan_x.htm
[2] http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/34925
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