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Can you be more specific? IMHO The TSA personnel should have questioned him, based on the information available - was there response proper and justified? that

Can you be more specific? IMHO The TSA personnel should have questioned him, based on the information available - was there response proper and justified? thats debatable. He had traveled to the Middle East, learning Arabic (Farsi?), He would actually fit the profile of a "convert" terrorist. It could quite easily take 4 hours to do a quick background investigation. Remember there is always the possibility a terrorist operative being "white", and not appearing to be middle eastern.

pyre 17y ago
> had traveled to the Middle East, learning Arabic (Farsi?) Couldn't that describe anyone that was planning on moving, working, or doing business (as in making deals with companies there while operating in the U.S.) there? Please don't try and make this about the color of his skin.
- anamax 17y ago
  > Couldn't that describe anyone that was planning on moving, working, or doing business (as in making deals with companies there while operating in the U.S.) there? Yes, it could. Short of perfect intelligence, we can't know who is planning to do something bad on a plane. Suppose that we had some markers that were more common among folks who were more likely to cause problems. What should we do? I've often thought that there should be a statutory payment to anyone who gets searched, wiretapped, what have you, regardless of the outcome of the search or the reason for doing it. Since those searches are for "our" benefit, why shouldn't we pay the folks who are being inconvenienced?
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  - whatusername 17y ago
    The payment idea is interesting, but it creates an incentive to look suspicious.
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