My point. Kaczynski was a letter-bomber... and McVeigh et al. used a truck for their single mass attack. Analysis of bombings aimed at aircraft, in particular, would suggest elderly white males are not the likeliest suspects.
"Profiling", or as I prefer to describe it, "pattern analysis", should take more into account than just the recent plot and a few white guys thrown in for diversity. It examines the commonalities shared by most offenders.
For example, terror offenders in the last 5 years are mostly male, but not always; mostly 18-35, but not always; and mostly muslims of arab ethnicity, though not always. That's not racial or religious prejudice. It's statistical analysis.
Back to the original post for a moment - certain former Police chiefs should know better than to make such remarks. Especially when they are newsworthy, as such a remark must inevitably be in the present climate. Not to mention that, profiling aside, security checks should apply to *everyone*, at least to a certain extent. Even 62-year-old white males. Else they are visibly weak.
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"Profiling", or as I prefer to describe it, "pattern analysis", should take more into account than just the recent plot and a few white guys thrown in for diversity. It examines the commonalities shared by most offenders.
For example, terror offenders in the last 5 years are mostly male, but not always; mostly 18-35, but not always; and mostly muslims of arab ethnicity, though not always. That's not racial or religious prejudice. It's statistical analysis.
Back to the original post for a moment - certain former Police chiefs should know better than to make such remarks. Especially when they are newsworthy, as such a remark must inevitably be in the present climate. Not to mention that, profiling aside, security checks should apply to *everyone*, at least to a certain extent. Even 62-year-old white males. Else they are visibly weak.