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CAPPS II Up on Blocks

Acting TSA Administrator David Stone reported to a Senate Committee that the CAPPSII program would not go forward as initially proposed due to privacy concerns raised by a recent GAO report critical of the program. The Department of Homeland Security had hoped to begin testing the CAPPS II program with real passengers this Summer.

Airline Screening System Delayed, Wired News, July 14, 2004