That's not profiling, that's just police work 101. You investigate your subjects because they've made terrorist threats. You investigate the people they hang out with and the places they go. "Profiling" suggests that you are looking for new crimes/criminals based on some supposed similarities between past crimes/criminals. That is not the case here. What you suggest is simply an investigation based upon a real crime (threat of violence).
On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 12:00 PM, Michael Dinowitz < [email protected]> wrote: > > They already are in my home town. In the beginning of the week there were > two incidents in Brooklyn where Muslim men entered synagogues and made > threats of a jihadist nature. Were the men terrorists or were they just > those who are emboldened and/or enamored by terrorists. If they were > investigated, would it lead to some place that is promoting terrorist > ideals? Would that place be a mosque? > Here's a perfect case where profiling comes into play. The people involved > in the incidents are a known factor - jihadist wannabees. Using them as the > center of a profile, where do they hang out? Who do they hang out with? > What > do they do? Anyone associated with them now becomes a valid profiling > target. Yes, they are just proto-terrorists but if the knife from one > incident was used then it moves into murder based on jihad, which is a > really good definition of terrorism. > > It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out it's only a matter of > > time before those networks begin operations in your home town. > > > > Seriously. > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:291601 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
