USA Today: By 3-1, those polled favor the idea of subjecting airline passengers to more intensive security checks if they fit a profile of terrorists based on age, ethnicity and gender.
The findings could fuel an already heated debate about whether profiling is appropriate or effective. "It's just a fact of life that it is a very effective way of at least deciding who we should secondarily screen," says Rich Roth, a security consultant who works with airports.