"thunder" wrote in message
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On Sun, 27 Dec 2009 20:56:02 -0700, Canuck57 wrote:

I never claimed profiling will get them all, just a method of spending
20% of the resources for 80% of the effect. Then you have 80% of the
resources to go after 20% that remain. Increases the odds of being
effective.

That is exactly one of the problems with profiling. You don't spend 20%
of the resources. You spend 80% of the resources, and ignore all the
rest. Put two people on an airplane, one a young Muslim man, the other
an older white woman. The woman is carrying the bomb. While all the
airport security focuses on the young Muslim man, the woman slips on
board.

Israel uses exactly that on their airlines. Profiling. Seems to be working
well for them.