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Submission + - US to give you a risk rating...

Submitted by cayenne8 on Tuesday December 05, 2006 @03:41PM

cayenne8 writes: It looks like the Dept. of Homeland security is at it again. This time, a data mining system, used to evalute you the air passenger as to your security risk, and give you a rating. You think you have problems with a faulty credit score? Wait till you get a faulty risk assessment rating...because you cannot legally find out what your rating is according to the article about the new Automated Targeting System.

"The Automated Targeting System (ATS) is a data-mining system that will let the agency create "risk assessments" of tens of millions of travelers. The information will be held for 40 years, and even U.S. citizens will have no right to view those risk assessments. "

Submission + - US must give up civil rights to protect freedoms?

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 05, 2006 @03:37PM

An anonymous reader writes: It seems non-intuitive that Retired U.S. Army Gen. Carl Stiner says Americans may have to give up civil liberties in order to win the war on terror which is necessary to protect our freedoms. Article requires free registration, bugmenot works. From the article: "Retired U.S. Army Gen. Carl Stiner says Americans might have to give up some civil rights if they want to win the 'war on terrorism.' However, he did not name any specific rights that might need to be given up." "America has much at stake, including access to oil, its dominant position in the world, cherished freedoms, and a way of life that could vanish if the United States does not prevail, Stiner said."

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