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		aestra on Feb 7, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: FBI Checks Wrong Box, Places Student on No-Fly Lis... Why is "be like Israel" the be all end all solution? Profiling does not scale to the 800 million US travelers. Who are we profiling for? Arabs? Don't forget the 2nd largest terrorist attack on US soil was committed by a white Gulf War veteran who was raised Christan. http://www.examiner.com/article/exactly-what-are-israeli-air... http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/20...

res0nat0r on Feb 8, 2014 [–]

> Who are we profiling for?

People who are acting out of the ordinary.

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/20...

http://www.internationalpolicydigest.org/2012/06/19/what-isr...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predictive_profiling

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Al_Israel_Airlines_Ltd

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