The police should profile likely terrorists. If that means suspicious young Muslim/Arab men, so be it. Why waste time and energy on some random algorithm in the name of 'fairness when the terrorist enemies are trying to kill Americans? The Times is foolish to suggest the method below:
"The police officers must be careful not to give the impression that every rider who looks Arab or South Asian is automatically a subject of suspicion. They will naturally choose to search the bags of those people who appear suspicious, like those wearing bulky clothes in warm weather. But those who are selected simply because they are carrying packages should be chosen in a way that does not raise fears of racial profiling - by, for example, searching every 5th or 12th person, with the exact sequence chosen at random."
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