Originally Posted by GUWonder
The point of Yaatri's comment was that BICE/CBP checks of this sort do little to nothing for aviation security.
So you say. What are your credentials? I know a LOT about profiling, data, and computer systems and I know I could build a system that could flag a suspect fingerprint in a few seconds. Mastercard built a system that could process several hundred million transactions per minute in under three seconds without even getting up a sweat.
Not saying the Gov't will pull it off (see also IRS system updates), just that it's not such a big deal.
Originally Posted by GUWonder
Then again, this is just another attempt at casting a wide net and will be little more than a fishing expedition.
Again, an opinion masquerading as a statement of fact, unless you're a bona fide security wonk.
Originally Posted by GUWonder
And I have no blind faith that non-terrorist Americans will always be exempted from these procedures to control the movements of persons.
Ah, well, healthy paranoia bout the government keeping things like, say, background checks for gun purchasers past the 48 hour timeline is pretty healthy. Its just that since Hoover they haven't done much of a good job with it (see also Nixon and Clinton) so it's not high up on my list.