From: Bill Scannell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 04:24:49 -0500 Subject: CAPPS II, Punishing Collaborators: Don't Spy On US
CAPPS II testing has been restarted. The Department of Homeland Security's Transportation Security Administration continues in its attempts to set up defacto internal border controls at our nation's airports. In response to the collaboration of Galileo, a subsidiary of Cendant, Inc. in this test of the CAPPS II system, a disinvestment campaign has been launched at: http://www.dontspyon.us The idea of citizens having to undergo a background investigation simply to travel in his or her own country is invasive and un-American. The CAPPS II system goes far beyond what any thinking citizen of this country should consider reasonable. That citizens will be required to provide detailed personal information to private companies that can be used for tracking and marketing purposes is repugnant. If enough people refuse to conduct business with Galileo or any of its sister companies, then it is likely that other Computerized Reservation Systems (CRS) will refuse to implement this sadly misguided and anti-democratic program. The boycott will remain in full effect until Galileo publicly withdraws from any involvement with the testing of CAPPS II. ··· --- ··· ··· --- ··· "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin
