[freeeee]

"The Israeli security specialist hired to make Logan International Airport one of the nation's safest said yesterday he will recommend the use of behavioral analysts to screen passengers..."

"Rafi Ron said he would recommend instituting ''pattern behavior recognition'' in a report he's scheduled to submit to the Massachusetts Port Authority and state officials on March 15. Under his proposal, teams of behavioral specialists would fan out throughout Logan to identify suspicious travelers...."

"Since the terrorist attacks, Logan has unveiled a host of new antiterrorism technology, from highly sensitive machines to detect explosives to facial recognition software that can match a face with mug shots from a criminal database."

(Anyone here think this behavior pattern recognition is going to be confined to airports?)

And get this one:

''It's only the Mohammad Attas [one of the Sept. 11 terrorist leaders] of this world who will end up complaining.''

So if I don't like having my face scanned by cameras and my behavior scrutinized to the 9th degree by Big Brother, that would make me a terrorist.

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[twigs]

I don't have a problem in the climate of terrorism today to have a "terrorist profile" in place which could conceivably include some types of behavior. Richard Reeve (sp?) is a case in point. He had tried to board a similar plane earlier and if I remember, did not have appropriate luggage. But this can obviously carried too far. What if I am chasing a child through the terminal that just left my sight? Will some official stop me, thus allowing my child to wonder into danger? When will software identify that I am not buying the government line? Our civil liberties are definitely on the line here. The brave new world is getting here much quicker than I ever thought it would.

Thanks for posting this information. I want to stay informed.