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Old Jan 14, 2004 | 2:51 pm
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studentff
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by TSAMGR:
&gt;&gt;What if you get a red color coded, you missed the flight.&lt;&lt;

No, if you are Red you are not flying at all. It means you are on the "No-Fly List".
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Just like "David Nelson" and "Alexandra Hay," among others who have gotten "red" treatment since 9/11. Anyone with these names still has to get a LEO and fed background check to board an airplane every time they travel. Of course, the feds still deny it and try to blame the airlines as much as they can. Completely intolerable--these folks should file an en masse class action against the government and should be allowed to physically beat the scum that came up with that system.

CAPPS II will be infinitely worse, because since they plan to check state arrest warrants, if someone sharing your name (or a similar name) anywhere in the US is wanted for a crime, you may be detained, arrested, and/or denied boarding. Same could happen if "commercial marketing databases" have erroneous records on you. (Think of how much paper junkmail you get that has a slightly incorrect name or address spelling, and realize that those are the databases the feds want to use to verify your identity.)

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