The champagne and caviar must surely have been flowing down at Delta's 'Gulag of Greed' headquarters as the winners of Privacy International's Big Brother awards were announced.

Although a last-minute entry, Delta bested all comers to sweep the Greatest Corporate Invader category. From the awards presentation:

GREATEST CORPORATE INVADER

Delta Airlines -- Delta is the "partner" of the Transportation Security Administration in administration of a CAPPS II pilot in three cities in the U.S. CAPPS II is the Enhanced Computer Assisted Passenger Profiling System, a program designed to draw from over 100 sources to evaluate whether a passenger is "rooted in the community," and therefore not a flight risk. CAPPS II relies heavily on the commercial information brokers to provide personal data on individuals, and the system can be expanded for use at train stations, bus stations, or the entrances of public buildings.

The awards are presented at the annual Computers, Freedom and Privacy conference to the "government agencies, companies and initiatives that have done most to invade personal privacy". Delta, like all other recipients, will receive a George Orwell statue of a large golden boot crushing a human head, inspired by the British author's classic novel, 1984.

All of us here at Boycott Delta offer our most heartfelt congratulations to Leo 'The Collaborator' Mullin and his minions for winning. No one worked as hard as you to harm the American way of life, and the American people won't soon forget it, either.