Saturday, January 2, 2010

The Shape Of Things To Come?

Airport screening. Photo from WhiteHouse.gov

Passenger Profiling Needed As Well As Scanners, Airlines Chief Warns -- The Telegraph

Full body scanners will not eliminate the terrorist threat to flying, the world's leading airlines have warned, calling for security checks to be focused on groups of passengers perceived to present the greatest risk.

Security can only be guaranteed by making a risk assessment of people before they are even board an aircraft, said Giovanni Bisignani, director general of the International Air Transport Association.

"Instead of looking for bad things—nail clippers and rogue bottles of shampoo—security systems need to focus on finding bad people," he said.

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My Comment: Unfortunately, it will take a catastrophic terrorist attack within the U.S. before Congress and the President OKs racial profiling for terrorist cells and suspects .... and even then they may not.

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