Computer Assisted Passenger Prescreening System II

<p>The Computer Assisted Passenger Prescreening System II (CAPPS II) was a program of the <a href="/facts/United_States_Department_of_Homeland_Security/jwz5gLfa">United States Department of Homeland Security</a> (DHS) instituted to increase security at airports by assessing the risk level of passengers before they're allowed to board. CAPPS II searched through information stored in <a href="/facts/Government/N4bYL0VC">government</a> and commercial <a href="/facts/Database/VYcpkevb">databases</a> and assigned a color-coded level of risk to each passenger. Amid controversy from such organizations as the <a href="/facts/American_Civil_Liberties_Union/yDxr2A43">American Civil Liberties Union</a> (ACLU), the <a href="/facts/Electronic_Privacy_Information_Center/c5ajAU7E">Electronic Privacy Information Center</a> (EPIC), and the <a href="/facts/Electronic_Frontier_Foundation/vCy44tuo">Electronic Frontier Foundation</a> (EFF), the program was terminated by <a href="/facts/George_W._Bush/mYSgM515">President Bush</a> in August 2004. The program was then replaced by a similar program called <a href="/facts/Secure_Flight/YJICrmuT">Secure Flight</a> in early 2005 generating the same concerns over privacy and civil liberties. However, due to public concerns, Secure Flight did not become operational until 2010. CAPPS II grounded innocent <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">Americans</a> due to false positives. One notable example is the grounding of Senator <a href="/facts/Ted_Kennedy/Q65NCfM2">Ted Kennedy</a> in 2004.
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Computer Assisted Passenger Prescreening System II