These kinds of searches are also needed within the country, but the profiling heuristics can be implemented much better at centralized border crossings. As I s

These kinds of searches are also needed within the country, but the profiling heuristics can be implemented much better at centralized border crossings. As I said, your profile obviously does not fit that of a terrorist, and I can tell that from two comments on hacker news. If someone with a criminal record travels a wartorn country for 8 weeks they better be thoroughly searched when they come back and monitored afterwards.