POLL: 59% Favor Racial, Ethnic Profiling For Airline Security

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The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 59% of adults say factors such as race, ethnicity and overall appearance should be used to determine which boarding passengers to search at airports. Twenty-six percent (26%) say these factors should not be used to determine which passengers to search. Another 15% are not sure.

Interestingly, however, even more Americans (71%) believe such profiling is necessary in today’s environment.

In November, 63% of voters said political correctness prevented the military from responding to warning signs from a Muslim U.S. Army officer, Major Nadal Malik Hasan, that could have prevented the Fort Hood massacre from taking place.

An earlier survey found that a plurality (48%) of adults believe it is the responsibility of American Muslims to speak out against terrorist attacks on the United States.

Forty-nine percent (49%) of Americans think that most of their fellow countrymen have already forgotten the impact of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in which 3,000 died.

[Don't care for the title, as doesn't convey the component aspect of race/ethnicity as evident in the first paragraph, and would prefer the proper focus on 'terrorist' factors - which are known (ask Israel) -- but the bottom line is that our continued liberal delusions (I'm not calling 'em 'correct' in any context) COSTS LIVES - and we should make our decisions with that realization clearly in mind at all times.]

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