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Message: [QUOTE="AnneBrooks, post: 176138, member: 21408"] Interesting thread. Yesterday I had the honor of going to the Sears Tower. I used to work in the building for several years, so it was no big deal for me. I was told by several of my friends that the security was extremely tight there and to arrive much earlier than my appointment. Needless to say, I arrived early and only had to show my ID, they wrote my name down on a list and who I was visiting, then searched my bag and I was in. That's it!!!!!!!!!!! I could not believe it was that easy. In 1994 I had to go to the World Trade Center--this was after the first bombing. They TOOK my ID until I left the building, and searched me and my possessions. This is what they should be doing---not just writing your name on a list. Also, speaking of racial profiling--last night on 20/20 John Stossel had a special on this. He had 2 examples--DWB, which means Driving while Black and how the cops were using that as an excuse to stop black men while driving. And then they came up with FWA---flying while Arab. They asked numerous people about it and most said yes, it was racial profiling and they should be doing it--even though it is not right. They even had a flight crew that refused to leave the ground because there was an Arab on the flight, and they told him to leave the plane or the flight would not leave the ground. Just thought I would share, but I don't have any answers either. [/QUOTE]