Should TSA add profiling to its list of security measures that
include full body scans and pat downs?
THIS WEEK’S QUESTION:
“Should TSA add profiling to its list of security measures that include full body scans and pat downs?” Yes: 6 No: 1
? Dave Appling: “Yes. It’s not a rights violation to consider a traveler’s propensity for terror. It’s just common sense. And it will permit tailored security regimes for lower-risk travelers, thus sharpening TSA’s focus. But profiling is no panacea, and must be carefully limited to truly relevant traits and characteristics.”
? Bert Berson: “No. I don’t see what it adds to full body scans. Let’s spend the money on something more useful, like having our intelligence agencies work together and share information.”
? Bob Chidester: “Yes. It should be behavior profiling similar to the way the Israelis do it. They should eliminate the pat downs; they violate the 4th amendment and are not very effective anyway.”
? David Cohen: “Yes. We need a screening system that is more intelligent that what we have now with people herded like cattle through machines or invasive hand searches.”
? Jeff Nunes: “Yes. If this country wants to get serious about airline security then profiling is the common sense and most effective way to do so. We need to learn from the examples of El-Al in Israel and get rid of the politically correct nonsense that will do little to nothing to ensure security and only hurt our airlines, our travelers and our national psyche. We have gotten to a place where we will do anything so that a small minority won’t face the possibility of having its feelings hurt, and in the process have taken up measures that are actually and physically offensive and intrusive to the many.”
? Jeff Smith: “Yes, they should definitely add profiling, and I would also recommend they get rid of full body scans and pat-downs. The goal is to find terrorists, not randomly frisk grannies and children. Our political correctness has caused our screening process to become somewhat ridiculous. Let’s use common sense – and this includes the use of intelligent profiling.”
? Steve Staloch: “Yes, and elected officials, no matter what their position, should be required to endure the same scrutiny as the rest of the flying public. Their exclusion is elitist, and the policy itself demonstrates a form of profiling.”
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