While no profiling system is going to be 100% accurate, and yes, we still need to be vigilant regardless of race, one must remember that the specific threats regarding the airlines came from the Middle East. If you had any access to FAA Information Circulars (which the airlines do), you would know that bin Laden has been warning the US of an attack such as the one on 09/11 for several years. The threats were specifically targeted at United States airlines, but no one wanted to "offend" or be "politically incorrect". Look what happened. Yes - security is lacking in many areas and as more sophisticated weapons come onto the market - it always will be. But, there is a group of people out there who hate everything to do with this country because of our foreign policy, who have hold no regard for innocent life, and we need to take those threats seriously.