ACLU Applauds End of CAPPS II
The American Civil Liberties Union today praised the Department of Homeland Security and the Transportation Security Administration for killing the passenger profiling system known as CAPPS II. "The government has recognized that this program would have had immense implications for Americans' privacy, while providing little protection against terrorism," said Laura W. Murphy, Director of the ACLU Washington Legislative Office. "Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge and other decisionmakers are to be commended for taking this decisive step."[more]