February 26, 2010 Profs propose profiling
Take time to read the whole story, even if you’re skeptical…
“The biggest challenge is that we are trying to find a needle in a haystack because the fraction of criminals in the population is very small,” Cavusoglu said. “What we say is that it’s not enough to have a screening system, but if the screening system and profiler complement one another, we have a better shot at finding the needle.”
Although previous studies explore the effectiveness of profiling, Raghunathan says this is the first major study that examines how profiling can work with screening devices to create a system that balances the needs of airlines with that of customers. The UT Dallas professors began looking for a security system that provides the benefits of catching attackers while effectively outweighing the costs – in money, time, inconvenience, privacy, and liberties. - entire story at Pegasus News
Reader Comments (3)
If you look at the numbers of accidents that are terrorist related more and better security is simply not needed. Its only effect is to scare the people into submission and make a transparent citizen whose rights are undermined in the name of safety.
Besides that profiling is already in place as any traveler with just a muslim name or from certain nations can tell you. The stopping of the Kansas granny and the Delaware senator is just for show. They are the token cases to pretend there is no profiling.