CAPPS II makes me feel safe

[Hinten]

You might have thought that the recent mass confiscation of nail clippers and knitting needles have made you safe. Well, it does save you from those famous attacking grandmothers and shooting toenails across several seats in coach.

But your government has decided to take it one step further:

Their mission was to demonstrate how artificial intelligence and other powerful software can analyze passengers’ travel reservations, housing information, family ties, identifying details in credit reports and other personal data to determine if they’re “rooted in the community” — or have an unusual history that indicates a potential threat.

Because you know that deeply rooted in the community translates to safest, kindest person in the world. That is unless you haven’t been paying your bills or have been ordering funny books from Amazon.com.
I wonder why we even wait before we turn this thing on nation wide? Why limit it to air travel? i want to be safe when I get on my local bus or when I buy more nailclippers at my local Safeway!
Detailed article here: Seattle Times

I like the quote from here:

In addition, CAPPS II will pull in data from banks, credit-reporting agencies, and other companies that aggregate personal information, including Experian, Acxiom (ACXM ), and ChoicePoint (CPS ), to name a few likely candidates.

Business Week

[december]

*Originally posted by Hinten *
**You might have thought that the recent mass confiscation of nail clippers and knitting needles have made you safe. Well, it does save you from those famous attacking grandmothers **

The fear is that one of these grandmothers may knit an afghan.

[Hinten]

After a little more research it turn out that there was a CAPPS I which was initiated during the Clinton years.

Why does this not bother anyone?

term paper?