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But it didn't always work well. In one case, the national coordinator of the American Civil Liberties Union's Campaign Against Racial Profiling was pulled aside.

Sounds to me like their program was working just fine.

Here is my new airport screening program.
1. If someone talks with an accent, gate agent must ask them in Arabic - "do you speak Arabic?" If they respond yes in English or Arabic - then they are a terrorist.

2. If a person is wearing strange head-coverings or appears to be from a non-western religion, present the person with a copy of the Koran and ask them to tear out a page from it and wipe it on the bottom of their shoe. If they refuse - then they are a terrorist.

3. Place a picture of Mohammad on a rug or mat in front of the security check in. Anyone who avoids stepping on it is a terrorist

4. Place 50 Korans in a 400 gallon jar of urine. Display this work of art in the concourse. Anyone who protests or shows any disgust whatsoever is a terrorist.

5. Offer pork tenderloins, bacon cheeseburger, bacon & eggs or any other pork product as the in-flight meal. Offer some camel meat as the alternative. Anyone who chooses the camel meat is a terrorist.

I mean there are so many variations on this that we would never run out of ways to flush these fanatics out of a crowd.

"In one case, the national coordinator of the American Civil Liberties Union's Campaign Against Racial Profiling was pulled aside."

It occurs to me that the national coordinator was looking for exactly that outcome.