janelane wrote:
I say bring on the racial profiling.

I'm not sure that will do you much good. People from Chechnya are white. People from North Africa are black. People from Central Asia can be hard to separate from hispanic people at a glance. Furthermore, your typical bomber dresses in plain clothes, and several Americans have joined the other side. The assumption that you can focus on people who look central asian may not be a good one.

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