Originally Posted by Odysseus
in the 80's a program was started in the US to stop drug traffic on the highways. one man came up with the program, and tought state stroopers how to look for drug smugglers. he was able to come up with a program that could be tought in half a day to troopers, that allowed the number of arrests for transporting drugs to skyrocket. basically, it comes down to a relativly simple formula - if every day from 10 am to 4 pm the vast majority of cars on a stretch of road are either single men in sedans wearing suits, or women in minivans driving around kids (for instance) if you see something totally out of pattern, pull them over and start asking questions. if they are calm and clear, let them go, if they are flustered or combative, look around and search the car.
So how does this equate to your contention that a teacher can be taught in 2 weeks to catch all possible terrorists?
Do they look for people who appear to be "out of place" and, when asking for ID's, grab those that are "flustered and combative"?? How about those terrorists who are cool, calm and professional?? How does your teacher catch them?
Enlighten us, please, with how your airport identification of "all possible terrorists" would work.
I'm not saying that profiling wouldn't be helpful in the security process. But I think you are oversimplifying the situation.