Prepare to be scanned
DC Metro police are now using behavioral profiling techniques (WP), singling out and questioning passengers "who avoid eye contact, loiter or appear to be looking around transit stations more than other passengers."
These techniques are pretty subjective, and the ACLU's Massachusetts chapter has opposed their use in Boston's Logan Airport. But before our buddies in the civil rights community flip out about behavioral profiling, let's consider the alternative:
These techniques are pretty subjective, and the ACLU's Massachusetts chapter has opposed their use in Boston's Logan Airport. But before our buddies in the civil rights community flip out about behavioral profiling, let's consider the alternative:
posted by Waage on Monday, January 10, 2005
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