Posted by
JDComments on Friday, December 01, 2006 10:57:45 AM
A system the government uses to screen for possible terrorists has, surprise, resulted in the usual furor of concern and fear that we have come to expect from the Liberal establishment. As
outlined, the Automated Targeting System [ATS] does not racial profile [thank God, I wouldn't want to target young arab males] but instead looks at certain factors for EVERYONE who travels, and uses that to decide if further inspections or investigation is needed when the person is trying to board a plane or enter the country. The only thing surprising about the story for me was that it wasn't the headline of the NY Times [at least not yet- they must be slipping in their attempts to undermine national securi..., er , I mean keep their readers informed of all the News They See Fit to Print]. The arguments put forth against the program mainly pertain to its intrusiveness [whatever that means in today's world] and the inability for someone to see their own report [gee, I wonder why we wouldn't want to show a Terrorist what we know about him, or how we got it?], all wonderfully valid if we were talking about a law enforcement situation where "you are innocent until proven guilty", but so misguided and indeed dangerous when we are dealing with people who will only become guilty after they commit mass murder . When will the Left realize that in a war you cannot wait for "probable cause" or "evidence of guilt" because that means that hundreds, maybe thousands of people have been killed. I for one applaud ATS and hope there are more such programs out there. And for the record, if we are not doing some kind of racial profiling, we are fools.