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PROFILING – A NON SEQUITUR?
by H. THOMAS HAYDEN on JANUARY 2, 2010
The Oxford pocket American Dictionary defines non sequitur as: “n. a
conclusion that does not logically follow from the premises.

It doesn’t logically follow the premise that protecting civil rights
and privacy is a sacred right and should take precedent over
protecting people’s lives.

Profiling can take the form of looking at certain groups of people or
looking at certain behavior. When looking for the first signs of
potential terrorists it should not be certain ethnic or religious
groups that should be profiled, it’s their behavior.

Normal law enforcement and anti-terrorism forces look for the
following behavior in a terrorist bomber:

Inappropriate clothing
Robotic walk
Irritability
Sweating
Tics or jerks in face or body
Nervousness
Breathing heavily
Staring straight ahead
Mumbled prayer
Large bag
Hand in large bag (possibly holding a detonator or weapon)
This is a long list and not all 11 fit a potential terrorist profile.
Five or six should be enough to arouse suspicion.

This is not to say that certain groups of people cannot fit another
type of profile and this is related to the long list of successful
terrorist bombers. Over the last 40 odd years, identified terrorist
have been: (1) male, (2) between the age of 18-30, (3) Muslim, and (4)
most with Middle Eastern family names.

Let’s look at Umar Farouk Addulmutallab, the terrorist bomber of North
West Flight 253. Only the people who saw him before or after he
boarded his flights can answers questions about the 11 signs of
potential terrorist behavior. However, Umar is male, he is 23 years
old, he is a Muslim, and his name is Umar F. Abdulmutallab. There’s
more: he paid a reported $2500 for the ticket in cash. He bought a one
way ticket. Although he was traveling for an extended period he had no
checked luggage.

This is not profiling – this is a suspect.

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