Homeland Security: Profiling

by MOC 24 August, 2006

In the world of political correctness, civil liberties and the global threat of terror attacks, our society has come to a divide on the subject of profiling. Although profiling is used by many corporations, individuals and scientific groups, it is the subject of racial profiling that has come to the forefront of the civil liberties debate.

University Of Texas EBT defines profiling in many different categories of interest, in particular is this definition; A technique whereby a set of characteristics of a particular class of person is inferred from past experience, and data-holdings are then searched for individuals with a close fit to that set of characteristics (EBT Glossary).

The question is, should racial, ethnic, or nationality based profiling systems be used by our Department of Homeland Security even in our national interest?


Homeland Security: Institutions or Organizations Using Profiling

The there is no question that profiling is used in our country and around the world. There is no question that law enforcement and intelligence agencies use profiling to accomplish missions. The question is; has profiling become an ethical necessity in this age terrorism, and will our freedom loving society ever call for more extensive use of profiling? The answers to both questions are yes.

Through research and deductive reasoning I will show why we as a society must give up some of our unrestricted freedoms in order to safeguard, what remains of, our way of life. And how profiling, however distasteful it may be, is the only way to stop terrorist attacks before they happen.

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