http://www.papersplease.org/wp/2006/12/05/every-traveler-is-a-target/ Challenging ID Demands Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:24:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://www.papersplease.org/wp/2006/12/05/every-traveler-is-a-target/#comment-272106 Papers, Please! » Blog Archive » DHS can’t “opt out” of liability for violating the Privacy Act Sat, 23 Apr 2011 05:22:46 +0000 http://papersplease.org/wp/2006/12/05/every-traveler-is-a-target/#comment-272106 [...] flagged her as a “suspected terrorist” in the (illegal) travel records system that later came to be known as the “Automated Targeting System,” but refused to say why or on the basis of what, if [...] [...] flagged her as a “suspected terrorist” in the (illegal) travel records system that later came to be known as the “Automated Targeting System,” but refused to say why or on the basis of what, if [...]

]]> http://www.papersplease.org/wp/2006/12/05/every-traveler-is-a-target/#comment-94180 Papers, Please! » Blog Archive » DHS releases (censored) documents on Automated Targeting System Sun, 22 Mar 2009 00:06:48 +0000 http://papersplease.org/wp/2006/12/05/every-traveler-is-a-target/#comment-94180 [...] for the first time, but they include extensive internal DHS discussion on how to respond to our criticisms, when the DHS first published the official notice (we’re still not exactly sure how many [...] [...] for the first time, but they include extensive internal DHS discussion on how to respond to our criticisms, when the DHS first published the official notice (we’re still not exactly sure how many [...]

]]> http://www.papersplease.org/wp/2006/12/05/every-traveler-is-a-target/#comment-87329 Papers, Please! » Blog Archive » DHS admits problems in disclosing travel surveillance records Wed, 24 Dec 2008 17:09:04 +0000 http://papersplease.org/wp/2006/12/05/every-traveler-is-a-target/#comment-87329 [...] EU laws and regulations, the existence of the ATS and US government retention of PNR data was first disclosed by the CBP in late [...] [...] EU laws and regulations, the existence of the ATS and US government retention of PNR data was first disclosed by the CBP in late [...]

]]> http://www.papersplease.org/wp/2006/12/05/every-traveler-is-a-target/#comment-1244 Papers, Please! » Blog Archive » More illegalities in the “Automated Targeting System” Sat, 30 Dec 2006 00:57:08 +0000 http://papersplease.org/wp/2006/12/05/every-traveler-is-a-target/#comment-1244 [...] Even while trying to defend the Automated Targeting System that is being used to deny travelers their rights on the basis of secret “risk assessments” that give each of us a terror score basis on secret databases of third-party and government information about us, the Department of Homeland Security has admitted to more and more violations of Federal laws, the U.S. Constitution, and international human rights treaties. [...] [...] Even while trying to defend the Automated Targeting System that is being used to deny travelers their rights on the basis of secret “risk assessments” that give each of us a terror score basis on secret databases of third-party and government information about us, the Department of Homeland Security has admitted to more and more violations of Federal laws, the U.S. Constitution, and international human rights treaties. [...]

]]> http://www.papersplease.org/wp/2006/12/05/every-traveler-is-a-target/#comment-369 Papers, Please! » Blog Archive » Chertoff thinks it’s “righteous” to give each traveler a terror score Fri, 08 Dec 2006 22:32:10 +0000 http://papersplease.org/wp/2006/12/05/every-traveler-is-a-target/#comment-369 [...] Everywhere he goes this week, Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff is being dogged by questions about the illegality of the “Automated Targeting System” we pointed out in our comments filed Monday. [...] [...] Everywhere he goes this week, Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff is being dogged by questions about the illegality of the “Automated Targeting System” we pointed out in our comments filed Monday. [...]

]]> http://www.papersplease.org/wp/2006/12/05/every-traveler-is-a-target/#comment-363 Papers, Please! » Blog Archive » If you travel, you’re still a target Fri, 08 Dec 2006 18:38:50 +0000 http://papersplease.org/wp/2006/12/05/every-traveler-is-a-target/#comment-363 [...] In comments filed Monday with the DHS, we pointed out that the newly-revealed “Automated Targeting System” (ATS) that the DHS has been operating, compiling a massive database of travel reservations and other records about travelers and using this to assign us a “terrorist score” every time we cross the borders of the U.S., violates repeated direct orders from Congress to the DHS not to spend a penny on assigning such “risk assessments” to airline passengers. [...] [...] In comments filed Monday with the DHS, we pointed out that the newly-revealed “Automated Targeting System” (ATS) that the DHS has been operating, compiling a massive database of travel reservations and other records about travelers and using this to assign us a “terrorist score” every time we cross the borders of the U.S., violates repeated direct orders from Congress to the DHS not to spend a penny on assigning such “risk assessments” to airline passengers. [...]

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