Profiling should merely be one of a number of tools used by the intelligence and security forces.

It would be foolish for such agencies to afford equal attention to a caucasian grandmother travelling on an British passport, and a young Middle Easterner travelling with Pakastani documents.

Perhaps my understanding of profiling is flawed, but I think it would be a great mistake for our intelligence and security services to discard a potentially useful information because it is not politically correct in someone's book.

By itself, profiling is probably not that effective. As one of a number of tools, it may have some utility.

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