Ok, Now I'm Really Confused
So there I was, combing through my regular RSS news feeds in my copious spare time, when I came across a story in Wired about how CAPPS II is being replaced by "Secure Flight." Always skeptical of these types of things, I read on, and found the following paragraph:
Secure Flight replaces a much-maligned previous TSA proposal known as CAPPS II, for Computer-Assisted Passenger Prescreening System. Critics said it had insufficient privacy protections. Unlike CAPPS II, the new system will not seek to identify anyone other than known or suspected terrorists.
So wait just one minute here. They haven't been targeting anyone other than known or suspected terrorists up until now? Stupid me, I thought that the whole program was set up to prevent terrorism. If CAPPS II wasn't set up to target known or suspected terrorists, who WAS it targeted towards? Weight and balance violations (like Ted Kennedy)? ACLU lawyers? Greenpeace officials?
Gee, I feel so much better now.