Comments on: Profiling http://jdpendry.com/2006/08/20/profiling/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:39:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: Security Gate http://jdpendry.com/2006/08/20/profiling/#comment-57 Tue, 07 Nov 2006 20:56:10 +0000 http://jdpendry.com/2006/08/20/profiling/#comment-57 <strong>Dave</strong> Interesting topic... I'm working in this industry myself and I don't agree about this in 100%, but I added your page to my bookmarks and hope to see more interesting articles in the future Dave

Interesting topic… I’m working in this industry myself and I don’t agree about this in 100%, but I added your page to my bookmarks and hope to see more interesting articles in the future

]]> by: Molly http://jdpendry.com/2006/08/20/profiling/#comment-9 Thu, 24 Aug 2006 17:01:47 +0000 http://jdpendry.com/2006/08/20/profiling/#comment-9 Year before last while waiting in the carryon baggage check-in line, a Muslim man directly in front of me was stopped because he had a boxcutter in his carryon. Belgian security pulled him out of line, took away his boxcutter, and then released the man to go on his merry way, all in less than 5 minutes. As an American traveling to America, needless to say I was very concerned since I was afraid this man was going to board my plane. Since that incident, I profile every Middle Eastern person that I see in an airport line with me. No doubt that in that particular case, the man was checking to see how vigilant the security was. I mentioned my concern to the Belgian security and they only shrugged. This is typical of what the security is like here in Belgium. Problem is that now there is a growing number of homegrown Belgium Islam converts. Year before last while waiting in the carryon baggage check-in line, a Muslim man directly in front of me was stopped because he had a boxcutter in his carryon. Belgian security pulled him out of line, took away his boxcutter, and then released the man to go on his merry way, all in less than 5 minutes.

As an American traveling to America, needless to say I was very concerned since I was afraid this man was going to board my plane. Since that incident, I profile every Middle Eastern person that I see in an airport line with me. No doubt that in that particular case, the man was checking to see how vigilant the security was.

I mentioned my concern to the Belgian security and they only shrugged. This is typical of what the security is like here in Belgium. Problem is that now there is a growing number of homegrown Belgium Islam converts.

]]> by: Hang Right Politics - Archives » Since No One Else Is Going to Protect You, Protect Yourself http://jdpendry.com/2006/08/20/profiling/#comment-7 Mon, 21 Aug 2006 16:52:46 +0000 http://jdpendry.com/2006/08/20/profiling/#comment-7 [...] JD Pendry has more on the possible decoy traveling to Michigan and the argument for profiling. Filed in: Terrorism, Homeland Security by newton at 12:05 on Aug 21st, 2006 &#124; 1 Comment &#187; [...] […] JD Pendry has more on the possible decoy traveling to Michigan and the argument for profiling. Filed in: Terrorism, Homeland Security by newton at 12:05 on Aug 21st, 2006 | 1 Comment » […]

]]> by: Chris http://jdpendry.com/2006/08/20/profiling/#comment-6 Mon, 21 Aug 2006 15:14:46 +0000 http://jdpendry.com/2006/08/20/profiling/#comment-6 Thank you for your weekly commentary! I look forward to reading it each Monday. You usually hit the nail dead on. Thank you for your weekly commentary! I look forward to reading it each Monday. You usually hit the nail dead on.

]]> by: Carol Braombaugh http://jdpendry.com/2006/08/20/profiling/#comment-5 Mon, 21 Aug 2006 13:47:01 +0000 http://jdpendry.com/2006/08/20/profiling/#comment-5 Almost as interesting as the woman with the liquids is the story of the "missing" Egyptian students who did not show up at the college their visas had cleared them to attend. It is interesting and scary the way they all scattered throughout the midwest and wound up in places like Des Moines, Iowa. It could have been a test run for an anthrax dissemination plot. We, as Americans, seem to think that if something proves to be not true once, then all subsequent actions should just be forgiven and forgotten. We are such easy targets, with our laws that protect the guilty more than the victim, and our news media and politicians who knock each other down in their rush to defend the actions of those who would destroy us. Hadrian said about destroying Rome: One brick at a time, my friends, one brick at a time. Almost as interesting as the woman with the liquids is the story of the “missing” Egyptian students who did not show up at the college their visas had cleared them to attend. It is interesting and scary the way they all scattered throughout the midwest and wound up in places like Des Moines, Iowa. It could have been a test run for an anthrax dissemination plot. We, as Americans, seem to think that if something proves to be not true once, then all subsequent actions should just be forgiven and forgotten. We are such easy targets, with our laws that protect the guilty more than the victim, and our news media and politicians who knock each other down in their rush to defend the actions of those who would destroy us. Hadrian said about destroying Rome: One brick at a time, my friends, one brick at a time.

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