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CAPPS

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CAPPSComputer-Assisted Passenger Prescreening System (DHS)
CAPPSCalifornia Association of Private Postsecondary schools
CAPPSCalifornia Association of Photocopiers and Process Servers
CAPPSComputer Assisted Passenger Profiling System
CAPPSCheckout, Assembly and Payload Processing Services (NASA)
CAPPSCenter for Advanced Processing and Packaging Studies (North Carolina State University; University of California at Davis)
CAPPSCentre for African Policy and Peace Strategy
CAPPSCentralized Army Passenger Port Call System
CAPPSContract Appraisal System
CAPPSCentral Applications Service


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The agency's latest attempt to identify potentially dangerous travelers before they board planes, Secure Flight is a descendant of the Computer-Assisted Passenger Prescreening System (CAPPS) and its stillborn successor, CAPPS II, which was abandoned in the wake of criticisms that it would be both intrusive and ineffective.
The Computer-Assisted Passenger Prescreening System, known as CAPPS II, the controversial U.
Barry Steinhardt, director of the American Civil Liberties Union's Technology and Liberty Program said "it is a deeply significant step for the nation's airlines to begin feeding the details of Americans' travel records to the government for CAPPS II.
 
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