Norman Maneta, Democrat Secretary of Transportation in the Bush administration at the time of the Muslim attack on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and the failed attempt on the Capitol that ended in a heroic crash dive into a Pennsylvania field, Sept. 11, 2001.

During World War II the Mineta family was interned for several years at "Area 24, 7th Barrack, Unit B" in the Heart Mountain internment camp near Cody, Wyoming, along with thousands of other Japanese immigrants and Japanese Americans.

On September 21, 2001, Mineta sent a letter to all U.S. airlines forbidding them from practicing racial profiling; or subjecting Middle Eastern or Muslim passengers to a heightened degree of pre-flight scrutiny.

Because his family was subjected to irrational profiling during World War II, he projected his bitterness and resentment onto American air travelers during the early years of the new century.

So we still have intrusive personal patdowns, and scans to deal with.

Too bad Dubya, Dick Cheney, and John Ashcroft didn't rear up on their hind legs and tell that bitter old man our airport self defense would include electronics plus Israeli-style profiling TFN [till further notice.]

Mineta resigned as Transportation in 2006 but the bureaucracy is a perpetual motion machine. Once it's started, it's difficult to stop. Especially when the head of Homeland Security is Janet Napolitano.

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Norman Maneta, Democrat Secretary of Transportation in the Bush administration at the time of the Muslim attack on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and the failed attempt on the Capitol that ended in a heroic crash dive into a Pennsylvania field, Sept. 11, 2001. During World War II the Mineta family was interned for several years at "Area 24, 7th Barrack, Unit B" in the Heart Mountain internment camp near Cody, Wyoming, along with thousands of other Japanese immigrants and Japanese Americans. On September 21, 2001, Mineta sent a letter to all U.S. airlines forbidding them from practicing racial profiling; or subjecting Middle Eastern or Muslim passengers to a heightened degree of pre-flight scrutiny. Because his family was subjected to irrational profiling during World War II, he projected his bitterness and resentment onto American air travelers during the early years of the new century. So we still have intrusive personal patdowns, and scans to deal with. Too bad Dubya, Dick Cheney, and John Ashcroft didn't rear up on their hind legs and tell that bitter old man our airport self defense would include electronics plus Israeli-style profiling TFN [till further notice.] Mineta resigned as Transportation in 2006 but the bureaucracy is a perpetual motion machine. Once it's started, it's difficult to stop. Especially when the head of Homeland Security is Janet Napolitano.
Here's a list of historic facts proving the value of profiling in fighting against Muslim terrorism 1. 1968, Bobby Kennedy was shot and killed by: A Muslim male extremist between the ages of 17 and 40 2. In 1972 at the Munich Olympics, athletes were kidnapped and massacred by: A Muslim male extremist between the ages of 17 and 40 3. In 1979, the US embassy in Iran was taken over by: Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40 4. During the 1980s a number of Americans were kidnapped in Lebanon by: Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40 5. In 1983 the US Marine barracks in Beirut was blown up by: Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40 6. In 1985 the cruise ship Achille Lauro was hijacked and a 70-year-old American passenger was murdered and thrown overboard in his wheelchair by: Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40 7. In 1985 TWA flight 847 was hijacked at Athens and a US Navy diver trying to rescue passengers was murdered by: Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40 8. In 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 was bombed by: Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40 9. In 1993 the World Trade Center was bombed the first time by: Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40 10. In 1998 the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania were bombed by: Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40 11. On 9/11/01, four airliners were hijacked. Two were used as missiles to take out the World Trade Center. Of the remaining two, one crashed into the US Pentagon and the other was diverted and crashed by the passengers. Thousands of people were killed by: Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40 12. In 2002 the United States fought a war in Afghanistan against: Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40 13. In 2002 reporter Daniel Pearl was kidnapped and murdered by Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40 14. And now we can add: In 2009, 31 people wounded and 13 American Soldiers murdered on base at Fort Hood by a Major who was known as A Muslim male extremist between the age of 17 and 40. The liberals say, I really don't see a pattern here to justify profiling. What say you? Thanks to Mineta's bitter 2001 proclamation against profiling, the airlines must conduct random searches of 80-year-old women, little kids, airline pilots with proper identification, secret agents who are members of the President's security detail, 85-year old Congressmen with metal hips, and Medal of Honor winner and former Governor Joe Foss, but leave Muslim males between the ages 17 and 40 alone lest they be guilty of profiling. Does someone have the number for El Al security? As a target for many decades, El Al employs stringent security procedures, both on the ground and on board its aircraft. These effective, though sometimes controversial, procedures have won El Al's security reputation. Passengers are asked to report three hours before departure. All El Al terminals around the world are closely monitored for security. There are plain-clothes agents and fully armed police or military personnel who patrol the premises for explosives, suspicious behavior, and other threats. Inside the terminal, passengers and their baggage are checked by a trained team. El Al security procedures require that all passengers be interviewed individually prior to boarding, allowing El Al staff to identify possible security threats. Passengers will be asked questions about where they are coming from, the reason for their trip, their job or occupation, and whether they have packed their bags themselves. The likelihood of potential terrorists remaining calm under such questioning is believed to be low At the check-in counter, passengers' passports and tickets are closely examined. A ticket without a sticker from the security checkers will not be accepted. At passport control passengers' names are checked against information from the FBI, Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), Scotland Yard, Shin Bet, and Interpol databases. Luggage is screened and sometimes hand searched. In addition, bags are put through a decompression chamber simulating pressures during flight that could trigger explosives. El Al is the only airline in the world that passes all luggage through such a chamber. Even at overseas airports, El Al security agents conduct all luggage searches personally, even if they are supervised by government or private security firms. Undercover agents (sometimes referred to as sky marshals) carrying concealed firearms sit among the passengers on every international El Al flight. Most El Al pilots are former Israeli Air Force pilots. The cockpits in all El Al aircraft have double doors to prevent entry by unauthorized persons. A code is required to access the doors, and the second door will only be opened after the first has closed and the person has been identified by the captain or first officer. Furthermore, there are reinforced steel floors separating the passenger cabin from the baggage hold. Following an attempt to shoot down an Israeli airliner in 2002, all aircraft in the fleet have been equipped with an infrared countermeasures system called Flight Guard, developed by Israeli Aerospace Industries to defend them against anti-aircraft missiles. Although comparable systems such as CAMPS are now available for civilian aircraft, there is no information to date about any other airlines deploying such a system. Switzerland and other European countries have expressed concern that flares dropped by the Israeli system could cause fires in the vicinity of an airport. Some critics of El Al note that its security checks on passengers include extreme racial profiling and have argued that such profiling is primitive, unfair, irrational, and degrading to those subject to such screening. El Al argues that it does not use racial profiling, but does use behavioral profiling, and that there is nothing inherently racist about behavioral profiling. The airline was also criticized by the Hungarian courts for refusing to search luggage with the passenger present, acting against Hungarian domestic laws which stipulate that only authorized officials are able to undertake such searches. A civil case was brought to the Supreme Court of Israel on 19 March 2008 alleging that El Al's practice of ethnic profiling singles out Arabs for tougher treatment. So?
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