Originally Posted by
bambi47
I just want to defend one thing the TSO said. Its the whole "do I look like a terrorist" thing. The whole point of it is supposed to be that we do not know who the next terrorist will be, so everyone looks like a terrorist. Remember their not allowed to profile, so everyone is supposed to be treated the same.
There are commonalities that are observable that can significantly narrow the odds of identifying "terrorists" by their behavior. Not only "terrorists," but drug smugglers, fugitives, illegal aliens, etc.
The blanket statement about everyone looking like a terrorist is simply false, and based on ignorance on the part of TSO's. They are not trained to a level where they could recognize these traits, ergo, the screening circus takes the place of professional threat assessment.