Traveler risk assessments may violate congressional ban
Dec 8th 2006, 8:05 pm
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Traveler risk assessments may violate congressional ban
http://www.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/12/08....ap/index.html
Officials are debating whether the Homeland Security Department's computerized risk assessments of international travelers violate a specific ban that Congress imposed on the agency's spending for the past three years.
Members of Congress and privacy advocates questioned the legality of the Automated Targeting System, or ATS, risk assessments that have been assigned to millions of Americans and foreigners who entered or left the United States over the past four years.
"It clearly goes contrary to what we have in law," Rep. Martin Sabo, D-Minnesota, said in an interview Thursday. He said ATS is the kind of computerized risk assessment "we have been trying to prohibit."
Officials are debating whether the Homeland Security Department's computerized risk assessments of international travelers violate a specific ban that Congress imposed on the agency's spending for the past three years.
Members of Congress and privacy advocates questioned the legality of the Automated Targeting System, or ATS, risk assessments that have been assigned to millions of Americans and foreigners who entered or left the United States over the past four years.
"It clearly goes contrary to what we have in law," Rep. Martin Sabo, D-Minnesota, said in an interview Thursday. He said ATS is the kind of computerized risk assessment "we have been trying to prohibit."
