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Traveler Data Program Defied Ban, Critics Say

Spencer S. Hsu and Ellen Nakashima writes in The Washington Post:

The Department of Homeland Security violated a congressional funding ban when it continued to develop a computerized program that creates risk assessments of travelers entering and leaving the United States, according to lawmakers and privacy advocates.

Although congressional testimony shows that department officials apparently disclosed some important elements of the controversial Automated Targeting System program to lawmakers in recent months, several key members of Congress said that they were in the dark about the program and that it violated their intentions.

posted by Fergie @ 12/08/2006 09:53:00 PM