Comments on: CIA Has No Margin for Error

By: Rabiner

Rabiner — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 02:53:15 +0000

Sinz54:

Racial profiling isn’t effective in stopping terrorism. Using other methods similar to what Israel does with El Al is far more effective and doesn’t deal with racially profiling. Behaviors are better indicators than country of origin in finding the next potential terrorist.

By: Mandos

Mandos — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 02:42:38 +0000

We can’t go that far.

Oh, why not?

But we can sure crack down on those Muslims of Saudi citizenry, since we KNOW we were already attacked by some of them.

Since white people would never blow up buildings, oh no.

By: jreb

jreb — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 01:20:54 +0000

One of the most perplexing aspects of this announcement raises the question, why are we (the U.S.) publicly announcing this change to the screening of foreign air passengers? I am sure that those who wish to do us harm appreciate the “heads up” on what our emphasis will become. I can only imagine that (a) that these guidelines are a “trojan horse” designed to misled terrorists, (b) an attempt by DHS to cover their rear end in case of another terrorist attempt, or (c) that we think that by announcing our latest guidelines that we will frustrate terrorists and they will cease their attempts to attack using the air transportation system. I can only hope the answer is (a).

By: sinz54

sinz54 — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 17:30:48 +0000

Terry F98:

Let me explain it to you:

In World War II, Germans and Japanese were treated as enemy aliens. They were kept under surveillance at all times, and the FBI would politely take them back to port and put them back on ships to go back to their home countries.

We’re at war against Islamist terrorists who hail from countries like Saudi Arabia (Osama himself came from there). We should treat anyone from these countries as specially worrisome.

Remember, NONE of the 9-11 hijackers was an American citizen. They were all Saudis, except for one from the UAR. If we hadn’t allowed Saudis to board domestic American aircraft, 9-11 would not have happened.

Bottom line: No Muslims, no Muslim terrorism.

We can’t go that far.
But we can sure crack down on those Muslims of Saudi citizenry, since we KNOW we were already attacked by some of them.

By: msmilack

msmilack — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 17:01:31 +0000

Also: I read a few months ago that the US wanted to model the Israeli security system (highly successful) where everyone who works in the airport is trained to observe behavior. I wonder if the US is starting to put that into effect.

By: jakester

jakester — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 16:54:56 +0000

Another reality denying policy to pander to the PC crowd.

By: msmilack

msmilack — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 16:54:09 +0000

Interesting article, Elise. Just curious: is it possible to interview someone who currently works in the CIA instead of Hayden who used to work there? And also, is the CIA the only agency in charge of this or are there other parts of Homeland Security in charge? I get confused where the roles overlap. Pardon my ignorance.

By: TerryF98

TerryF98 — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 23:14:04 +0000

“Am I missing something in the above? How can someone’s destination originate anywhere? A destination is where you are at the end of a trip, not at the beginning.”

Everything that Elise Cooper writes is disjointed, she usually uses “anonymous sources” and is full of Neocon BS.

Hope that explains it.

By: Rabiner

Rabiner — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 22:37:45 +0000

He means ‘people who originate from 14 countries’ not destination. Granted profiling from these 14 nations isn’t going to catch terrorists. They’re rather moving to what El Al does which is profile individuals based on characteristics and behavior rather than simply home country. Makes sense and better diverts our limited resources to attempting to find actual terrorists as opposed to this one size fits all method of profiling.

By: JonF

JonF — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 20:07:45 +0000

Re: yet, eliminate the screening of passengers whose destinations originate in 14 terrorist haven countries.

Am I missing something in the above? How can someone’s destination originate anywhere? A destination is where you are at the end of a trip, not at the beginning.