The objectors to the Transportation Security Administration's new body scanners and, in the alternative, more intrusive body searches, fall into two categories. There are the libertarians who argue the new approaches are a violation of privacy "rights" and there are the conservatives, like Ann Coulter or Sarah Palin, who have the easy solution: just look for a profile, i.e., Muslim men who look shady or nervous. By their theory everybody else should be left alone. Both theories are out of touch with the reality of jihadist terrorism today.
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