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| Crackdown on air security will single out high-risk travellers |
| 2010-11-02 |
| Millions of air travellers face sweeping new security tests, including passenger profiling and checks against a secret watchlist, it has emerged. Searches could be carried out according to race, ethnicity, age and gender – a move certain to anger civil rights groups fearing Muslims will be disproportionately targeted. The examinations will also check for criminal convictions, immigration problems and links to terror suspects. Passenger profiling has been resisted by previous Home Secretaries because it means far greater numbers of travellers will be stopped, searched and barred from flying. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #5 And they'll pay particular attention to those WWII and Korean War vets. They could explode at any time, y'know. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2010-11-02 22:58 |
| #4 Dunno why you used the "sarc" tag, #3 Dinah - it's undoubtedly true. >:-( |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2010-11-02 15:32 |
| #3 Searches could be carried out according to race, ethnicity, age and gender... So, knowing the panty-boy government types, all white, middle-aged and middle class men will be pulled out and searched because they could be "radical" and members of the tea party. Makes perfect sense. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2010-11-02 13:35 |
| #2 Naturally all Muslims will be exempt from being frisked, sniffed or X-rayed [sarc] |
| Posted by: Dinah Kanser 2010-11-02 13:23 |
| #1 Amish and grannies be forewarned. |
| Posted by: HammerHead 2010-11-02 08:23 |