Civil libertarians began expressing their concerns even as the policy was announced yesterday. "We all have an interest in protecting our safety and security as we ride the trains," said Donna Lieberman, the executive director of the New York Civil Liberties Union. "However, searches without suspicion of wrongdoing are fundamentally at odds with our constitutional guarantee of privacy, and placing unfettered discretion in the hands of the police invites racial, religious and ethnic profiling."

I think it is more important that ever to get data on how American muslims feel about Islamic terrorists. If their sentiment is anything like the Londoners in a previously memed article, then I say bring on the racial profiling. You can't condone terrorism and then hide behind the ACLU's skirts.

-janelane, s/w/f

RE: Privacy Rights Are at Issue in New Policy on Searches - New York Times