Airline Passenger Profiling System
Federal aviation authorities and technology companies will soon begin testing a vast air security screening system designed to instantly pull together every passenger's travel history and living arrangements, plus a wealth of other personal and demographic information. The government's plan is to establish a computer network linking every reservation system in the United States to private and government databases. The network would use data-mining and predictive software to profile passenger activity and intuit obscure clues about potential threats, even before the scheduled day of flight. A profiling system of this size and range of applications has never been contemplated and is a dramatic departure from American values and traditions.Intricate Screening Of Fliers In Works Washington Post, Feb. 1, 2002
Corporations are now lining up to provide such a system to the TSA, as well as to other enforcement authorities.
Homeland Security New Focus of Siebel Firm Altered Software After Sept. 11 Washington Post, Feb. 8, 2002
