Letters to the Editor
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Not sure why Bin Laden would be laughing.
So long as all the proceedures they can choose from are, in fact, useful (I question the removal of shoes to some extent), randomizing your defensive strategy is a good idea from a game-theoretic point of view.
Other than being brown myself, thats my main reason for opposing racial profiling: there are plenty of delusional white kids you could convince to carry something onto a plane. If most of the people getting stopped for extra checks are middle eastern (and I'm not saying that that's neccessarily the case presently), then the terrorists know exactly who not to send to increase their chances of success. They would only need ot find a couple of non-middle-eastern recruits to inflict a lot of harm.
Sounds like TSA is finally making some smart decisions.