For those on the list who were unenthusiastic about profiling - things may get
worse. The Washington Post is reporting that the government and the airlines are
developing 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.
Delta and Northwest Airlines have acknowledged that they are talking with other
airlines about a similar screening system. Joseph Del Balzo, a former acting
administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration and a security
consultant working on one of the profiling projects was quoted as saying "...is
based
on transaction analysis, behavior analysis, gives us a pretty good idea of
what's going on in a person's mind." A penny for your thoughts?
The American Civil Liberties Union had a few quotes of their own:
"It really is a profound step for the government to be conducting
background checks on a large percentage of Americans."