GOP Rep. Peter King Wants “Ethnic And Religious Profiling” At Airports…

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First Posted: 08-17-06 10:55 AM   |   Updated: 03-28-08 02:44 AM

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NY Newsday:

Declaring that airport screeners shouldn't be hampered by "political correctness," House Homeland Security Chairman Peter King has endorsed requiring people of "Middle Eastern and South Asian" descent to undergo additional security checks because of their ethnicity and religion.

Discussing the recent revelation of an alleged plot in England to blow up U.S.-bound airliners, the Seaford Republican said yesterday that, "if the threat is coming from a particular group, I can understand why it would make sense to single them out for further questioning."

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Filed by Katharine Zaleski
 



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