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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
I think I would feel safer if they were looking at a bunch of other stuff -- religious views, national origin, travel to countries like Pakistan or Saudi Arabia -- rather than ethnicity. The profile is no good if it sweeps up too many people. It becomes an exercise is CYA before the courts rather than a tool to catch the right people.
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I think National Origin and ethnicty are pretty similar. It depends if you think a U.S. citizen whose parants are from Pakistan is considered a person of Pakistani national origin (similar to the British terrorists).
Where it gets distinct is what about a Kurdish person from Iraq? I think an Arab from Iraq is more likely to hijack a plane than a Kurd from Iraq. That is why I think ethnicity should be taken into consideration. But I agree that race is not good (Caucasian, Black, Hispanic etc.) because they are too broad and are really meaningless.
