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23:07:02 John Gilmore (EFF) is suing the U.S. for freedom of movement within.
John Gilmore, a member of the EFF as well as creator of the hierarchy 'alt.' Usenet, is suing John Ashcroft as Attorney General of the United States, for the unconstitutionality of personal identification for access to internal flights. Gilmore is one of the most active advocates of civil liberties in the U.S., and embarked on this difficult battle more than anything else to send a strong signal to all those who have passively accepted the new rules of restrictive control (physical and electronic) after the attacks of ' September 11. Its position is that any government trying to control all movements of its citizens goes against the Constitution which guarantees the freedom and privacy of the same. "In this way I hope to contribute to a shift in government policy that does not seem to think of anything else except to identity checks and the establishment of surveillance database," said Gilmore, who also will target some secret measures taken by the Federal Aviation administratione and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). To support the attorney Bill Simpich which stated that the TPA would have already planned to prepare the 'CAPPS II' later this year, a computer system that would use the number of the identity card to do joint research in the databases of injunctions , of trips made earlier, of police records, engine and agencies that collect personal information through customer transactions. Which, in suspected cases may prevent the person to fly freely. As these provisions still secret they clearly violate the Freedom of Information Act