CAPPS II
The proposed airline profiling program CAPPS II (for Computer Assisted Passenger Profiling System) was terminated in August 2004 and replaced by a similar program called Secure Flight.
CAPPS II was a proposal to give the government a new role unprecedented in American life: running background checks on Americans who fly, and giving them a ""risk score."" Secretive, lacking due process protections for people who are unfairly tagged, and yet easy for terrorists to circumvent, this program once put in place will grow into a most un-American system of internal border controls.
General Accounting Office Report on Shortcomings of CAPPS II
Introduction:
The Seven Problems With CAPPS II
General Accounting Office Report on CAPPS II
- GAO Report on CAPPS II
- Legislation Mandating GAO Report on CAPPS II: DHS 2004 Appropriations
- CAPPS II Section of HR 2115, the "Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act"
Links on European Cooperation with CAPPS II
- European Parliament Report Condemning Passenger Data Sharing (02/24/2004)
- Report by European Privacy Groups on EU-US Passenger Privacy, with comments by ACLU (02/02/2004)
- ACLU Memorandum on EU Passenger Data Sharing (02/02/2004)
- EU-US Agreement on data sharing
- Letter to European Commission from EU privacy officials on whether CAPPS II participation is permitted by EU privacy law (02/06/2004)
- Opinion of EU Privacy Officials on the EU-US Agreement (1/29/2004)
- Press release New Report Shows Why Americans Must Join With Europeans To Protect Privacy, ACLU Says (02/02/2004)
General links
- The Seven Problems With CAPPS II
- Transcript of Washington Post online chat with Jay Stanley (01/12/2004)
- Transcript of Washington Post online chat with Barry Steinhardt (09/10/2003)
- Video: National Press Club left-right forum on CAPPS II (08/25/2003)
- Remarks by Laura W. Murphy, Director, ACLU Washington Legislative Office at CAPPS II forum (08/25/2003)
- Facts On Airport Security
- FEATURE: Discrimination
- FEATURE: ACLU "No-Fly List" lawsuit
- FEATURE: Secrecy
- FEATURE: ACLU privacy page
Legislative Documents
- ACLU Comments to Department of Homeland Security on the "Passenger and Aviation Security Screening Records" (09/30/2003)
- Congressional testimony of Barry Steinhardt, Director of the ACLU Technology and Liberty Program, on Government Data Mining (05/20/2003)
- Testimony of ACLU Legislative Counsel Timothy Edgar on "Collecting Intelligence Under the Law" (04/09/2003)
- Coalition Letter to the House Select Committee on Homeland Security Urging Opposition to the CAPPS II Program (03/25/2003)
- Coalition Letter to the Senate Commerce, Science & Transportation Committee Urging Support to the Wyden Amendment (03/12/2003)
- Letter to the Department of Transportation on ""Aviation Security Screening Records"" (02/24/2003)
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Press Releases
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ACLU Asks International Group Not To Endorse Global Travel Surveillance System (03/30/2004)
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ACLU Condemns Government Plans to Order Airlines to Turn Over Travel Details on 100 Million Americans (03/17/2004)
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Homeland Security Report on JetBlue Confirms TSA's Involvement in Privacy Scandal, ACLU Says (02/20/2004)
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Passenger Threat-Ranking System Rated "Red" For Stop By Congressional Investigators (02/12/2004)
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New Report Shows Why Americans Must Join With Europeans To Protect Privacy, ACLU Says (02/02/2004)
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ACLU Criticizes Plans To Implement CAPPS II, 'Trusted Traveler' Programs (01/11/2004)
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As Congress Puts Controversial CAPPS II Program on Hold, ACLU Urges TSA to Abandon Super Snoop Profiling System (09/30/2003)
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ACLU, Conservatives, Civil Rights Groups Agree: CAPPS II Raises Serious Privacy and Security Concerns (08/25/2003)
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ACLU Technology Expert Tells Congress to Watch the Watchers (05/20/2003)
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House Committee Needs to Ask Tough Questions About Domestic Data-Mining Surveillance Systems (05/06/2003)
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Problems With No-Fly List Show Problems With CAPPS II Airline Profiling System (04/30/2003)
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ACLU Criticizes CAPPS II in New Online Advertisements (04/02/2003)
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Right-Left Groups Tell Homeland Security Committee to Curb CAPPS II (03/25/2003)
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ACLU Opposes Ashcroft Government Surveillance Bill; Says Proposal Threatens Freedom Without Ensuring Safety (03/04/2003)
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CAPPS II Data-Mining System Will Invade Privacy and Create Government Blacklist of Americans, ACLU Warns (02/27/2003)
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