I didn't see this posted but I thought it should be. I found it very interesting. I believe the ACLU is fighting the CAPPS II system (makes you wonder about CAPPS I). I can't believe anyone, anywhere thinks that a profiling system like this will make us safer.....
The European Union and the United States formally agreed on Friday to let American border officials access the personal information of every European heading to America on commercial airlines, despite objections from members of European Parliament, which voted three times against the deal.
The agreement (PDF) allows customs agents to access the airlines' databases up to 72 hours before a flight departs. The agents will use the databases to try to ferret out terrorists and "international" criminals.
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The deal also has domestic ramifications as it frees the Transportation Security Administration to begin testing CAPPS II, the domestic airline passenger profiling system, using European passenger data. http://wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,63650,00.html