Four Alaskans are filing a legal challenge to the federal government’s proposed new airline passenger-profiling plan, charging the program could prevent ordinary Alaskans from being able to travel to their state capital. The complaint asks the court to prohibit the U.S. government from issuing a secret order compelling airlines to turn over passenger data to the Computer Assisted Passenger Pre-Screening System, or CAPPS II. They said the order essentially would impose secret laws on Americans without giving them the right to challenge them in court. Full Story