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The [[American Civil Liberties Union]] had similar concerns:
<blockquote>"Never before in American history has our government gotten into the business of creating mass 'risk assessment' ratings of its own citizens," said Barry Steinhardt, Director of the ACLU's Technology and Liberty Project. "That is a radical new step with far-reaching implications – but one that has been taken almost thoughtlessly by expanding a cargo-tracking system to incorporate human beings, and with little public notice, discussion, or debate."<ref>[http://www.aclu.org/privacy/gen/27579prs20061201.html American Civil Liberties Union : ACLU Calls on DHS to Withdraw Plan For Tagging Americans With 40-Year “Risk Assessments”<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref></blockquote>
The [[Association of Corporate Travel Executives]] (ACTE) requested an immediate suspension of the program, stating:
<blockquote>While ATS is undoubtedly raising red flags among privacy advocates and other groups that question the legality and intent of such programs, ACTE is primarily concerned with the economic impact this initiative will have on the business travel community. Delays, missed flights, canceled meetings, and potential arrests will generate staggering costs. In an ACTE survey dating to 2004, 97 percent of respondents stated that programs like this will have a negative impact on travel. This could very will be the impetus for businesses to fully explore alternatives to travel.<ref>[http://www.acte.org/resources/view_article.php?id=113 ACTE.org<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref></blockquote>
[[Bruce Schneier]], noted security specialist and writer, wrote about ATS:
<blockquote>There is something un-American about a government program that uses secret criteria to collect dossiers on innocent people and shares that information with various agencies, all without any oversight. It's the sort of thing you'd expect from the former Soviet Union or East Germany or China. And it doesn't make us any safer from terrorism.<ref>[http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2006/12/automated_targe.html Schneier on Security: Automated Targeting System<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref></blockquote>
The [[Electronic Frontier Foundation]] expressed their concerns:
<blockquote>The Automated Targeting System (ATS) will create and assign "risk assessments" to tens of millions of citizens as they enter and leave the country. Individuals will have no way to access information about their "risk assessment" scores or to correct any false information about them. But once the assessment is made, the government will retain the information for 40 years -- as well as make it available to untold numbers of federal, state, local, and foreign agencies in addition to contractors, grantees, consultants, and others.<ref>[http://www.eff.org/news/archives/2006_11.php#005030 Press Releases: November, 2006 | Electronic Frontier Foundation<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref></blockquote>
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== Litigation ==
On December 19, 2006, the Electronic Frontier Foundation's FOIA Litigation for Accountable Government (FLAG) project filed suit against the Department of Homeland Security in federal court, demanding "immediate answers about an invasive and unprecedented data-mining system deployed on American travelers."<ref>[http://www.eff.org/news/archives/2006_12.php#005045 Press Releases: December, 2006 | Electronic Frontier Foundation<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
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