The United States will announce on Friday its plans to begin profiling US-bound passengers in a major shake-up of air travel security measures, US media said. Under the new measures to begin this month, which will apply to US citizens as well, the level of screening of travellers will depend on how closely their personal characteristics match against intelligence on potential terrorists. The measures will replace mandatory enhanced screening of all passengers travelling to the United States from 14 mostly Muslim nations, put into place following a failed al-Qaeda attempt to blow up a Detroit-bound flight on Christmas Day. "It's...
