The Washington Post reports that Northwest Airlines provided millions of customer records to NASA shortly after 9/11 to “assist the government’s search for technology to improve aviation security.” The record transfer was revealed in response to a Freedom of Information Act request from EPIC relating to the government’s CAPPS II development efforts.
A similar revelation last year by jetBlue airline helped convince Congress that TIA-related research at DARPA posed too big a threat to American civil liberties to be allowed to continue. (CRN coverage.)
On January 18, 2004, In Misc., By Peter Harsha
On January 18, 2004, In Misc., By Peter Harsha
IBM to add 15,000 new jobs 4,500 in the US. But the company also plans to move 3,000 jobs from the US to developing nations in 2004. — From CNET News
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