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To: MineralMan
HMMMM - they can't do the obvious profiling, i.e., search the 25 year old wild-eyed Arab guy with the suicide headband, not the 60 year old fat white nun. That's unconstitutional (supposedly).

But they can do a search on every single passenger's housing information, relatives, credit history, etc. for links to 'terrorist' organizations, and that's ok?

Too many questions...In order for this system to work, the government will have to store, constantly update, and analyze detailed personal info on every single American, whether they fly or not. Isn't that a violation of the Fourth Amendment?

If the data analytics can spit out a terrorist 'probability' on everyone based on this information, why wait to check until they're at the airport?

How the hell is this system even relevant if the terrorists are foreign?

And then what the hell do you do with someone who has a terrorism 'probability' based on some algorithm and they are a US citizen? Arrest him? Prevent him from flying even though he is accused of no crime? This is wierd...too much like 'Minority Report' for comfort.

23 posted on 12/25/2002 1:32:49 AM PST by servantoftheservant
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To: servantoftheservant
You are an ingrate!!!

Don't you realize your government is here to help you be safe? Baaaah

24 posted on 12/25/2002 4:24:45 AM PST by DLfromthedesert
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