http://badice.com/2009/12/28/an-update-to-the-tsa-directive/ badice.com ~ musings for the masses Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:10:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://badice.com/2009/12/28/an-update-to-the-tsa-directive/#comment-95 Stephan Segraves Mon, 28 Dec 2009 22:58:17 +0000 http://badice.com/?p=2544#comment-95 Can't say I disagree with you Jeff. We need to take a page out of the Israeli playbook and do <i>real</i> behavior analysis and some profiling. It is obvious that the simple checking of identification papers under a black light is not working. Can’t say I disagree with you Jeff. We need to take a page out of the Israeli playbook and do real behavior analysis and some profiling. It is obvious that the simple checking of identification papers under a black light is not working.

]]> http://badice.com/2009/12/28/an-update-to-the-tsa-directive/#comment-94 Jeff Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:45:13 +0000 http://badice.com/?p=2544#comment-94 This is one of those situations where a certain amount of "profiling" makes sense. Arab nationals from certain parts of the world should be subjected to higher scrutiny, especially on international flights to the U.S. That doesn't mean we all shouldn't be checked (there are more than enough crazy U.S. citizens...of all ethnic and religious backgrounds), but it seems like an obvious and simple measure to pay more attention to travelers who fit the more obvious profile of a potential threat. I understand the racial/ethnic/religious concerns with taking this approach, but if I were a citizen of a country that has an extremism problem, I really couldn't blame countries for treating our travelers with more caution. This is one of those situations where a certain amount of “profiling” makes sense. Arab nationals from certain parts of the world should be subjected to higher scrutiny, especially on international flights to the U.S. That doesn’t mean we all shouldn’t be checked (there are more than enough crazy U.S. citizens…of all ethnic and religious backgrounds), but it seems like an obvious and simple measure to pay more attention to travelers who fit the more obvious profile of a potential threat. I understand the racial/ethnic/religious concerns with taking this approach, but if I were a citizen of a country that has an extremism problem, I really couldn’t blame countries for treating our travelers with more caution.

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