Law enforcement, Part 2

The British on Tuesday:

UK transport officials are said to be considering introducing passenger profiling on grounds including ethnic origin and religion. ... But [former Metropolitan police chief Lord Stevens'] comment that "young Muslim men" should be a focus of security attention was attacked as "an extreme form of stereotyping" by the Muslim Council of Britain.

British law enforcement cleared this woman on Wednesday:

A 59-year-old Vermont woman's behavior aboard a trans-Atlantic flight triggered a massive security response yesterday, with Air Force F-15 jets escorting the plane to Logan Airport, where federal agents seized the woman, authorities interrogated passengers, and police dogs sniffed through luggage for explosives.

It must be easier to think that everything in the world is black and white, but it must really suck when reality begins to suggest few things in life are simple. But, as Stephen Colbert has suggested, reality has a liberal bias.

Edit: I just saw this gem, also brought to us by the British police:

LONDON - A 12-year-old boy managed to get around stepped-up security and board a jetliner at an airport outside London without a passport or a boarding pass.

The boy was discovered by cabin crew and turned over to airport police. Officials said they could not explain how he got aboard the plane, especially in light of security checks imposed last week after authorities foiled an alleged plot to bomb jetliners leaving Britain.

So much for profiling.