He is the perfect profile of everyone's favorite "soft target" the middle aged white male.
Good point. Profiling already exists in airports. Just not the correct kind.
Right after 9/11, they instituted the second check, at the boarding gate, just before pax got aboard the flight.
On a BWI to TPA flight, they pulled 17 of out of line for the “Secondary Screening.” 17 middle-age White males.
I asked the TSA leader why us. I got the standard “the computer selected you” answer.
I pressed him, and he asked “You military?” I answered, “Two tours ‘Nam.”
He said, “Desert Storm for me. The real answer? You guys don’t bitch.”