Comments on: NYCLU sues city over subway searches

By: The news just keeps breaking - Homeland Security or Homeland Stupidity

The news just keeps breaking - Homeland Security or Homeland Stupidity — Mon, 02 Jan 2006 06:13:24 +0000

[...] It turns out that Richard Clarke, counterterrorism adviser to two former presidents, “advised New York City to perform those pointless subway searches,” said Bruce Schneier. The searches have been challenged in court as unconstitutional and doing nothing to prevent terrorism. [...]

By: Homeland Security or Homeland Stupidity

Homeland Security or Homeland Stupidity — Sat, 03 Dec 2005 18:18:38 +0000

Judge upholds pointless NYC subway searches

On Friday a federal judge upheld New York City’s ridiculous bag searches in the city’s subway system, falling for the scare tactics of the government.

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By: You can take the homeland out of the stupidity, but you can’t take the stupidity out of the homeland - IO ERROR

Sun, 16 Oct 2005 22:21:29 +0000

[...] From random bag searches in the New York City subway, which are pointless busy-work for the police, and at least a terrible inconvenience for New Yorkers, and at most a violation of civil rights, to insane no-fly lists which prevent babies from getting on an airplane, not to mention the files the government is illegally collecting on innocent people, the so-called war on terror at home has been utterly stupid. [...]

By: Kira Zalan

Kira Zalan — Tue, 09 Aug 2005 16:35:54 +0000

First, we must stop pretending that the terrorists so far, by-and-large, have not been of the same ethnic origin. This will reasonably narrow down the search for potential perpetrators. But, it makes ALMOST as little sense to stop every Arab or North African in NYC today as it does to stop every 5th random person. Therefore, the profiling must be even more exact than race to be effective.

Israel has been perfecting the art of profiling, and has successfully prevented El Al (national airline) hijackings since 1970. The profilers are trained to look for signs of suspicious behavior (body language), which provides effective clues of whom to question. Barring exceptional con artists, body language is a dead give away of suspicious behavior. In fact, police officers are trained to look for such clues when dealing with everyday criminals.

The results: plenty of Arabs fly El Al, and yet enough people have been turned away to prevent terrorist attacks since 1970.

So why not fly some Israelis to NYC to train New Yorkâ€™s finest on such tactics?

By: NYCLU Protests Voluntary Bag Searches [ Tempus Fugit | TxFx.net ]

NYCLU Protests Voluntary Bag Searches [ Tempus Fugit | TxFx.net ] — Sat, 06 Aug 2005 08:12:47 +0000

[...] The New York Civil Liberties Union isn’t satisfied. While still recognizing that the searches are ineffectual, the NYCLU is suing, claiming that the random, voluntary searches violate the Constitution. [...]