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Old Sep 9, 2008 | 11:08 am
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gj83
 
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Originally Posted by Flaflyer
"“There is no bigger worry for the U.S. counterterrorism community than young Caucasian men who have turned to al-Qaida,” said Roger Cressey, former National Security Council official in the Clinton and Bush administrations and now an NBC News consultant."
Exactly why racial profiling doesn't work. If you want something done enough you will find ways to do it. No fly list? Send people on some random round trips and see who gets SSSS and who doesn't. Liquids ban? Test different containers and see what gets looked at. Shoe carnival? Don't put stuff in shoes! ID checks? Have valid ID for the person on the ticket. Only foreign passports so make them passports that can pass a loupe and blacklight. US doesn't like "Muslim" looking people in security check points...send people who are Caucasian, African, Asian, not Hispanic looking though b/c they get harassed too.

Al Qaida is constantly testing the system and taking notes. Not too hard to crack the "white guy with a British name = easy security" thing. too bad in reality we are all treated like terrorists.
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