Article: Official: Racial profiling needed in terror fight; Homeland security: Panel discusses legal and civil liberties issues

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Some kinds of racial profiling are just what the country needs to track potential terrorists inside American borders and keep out those who have "mischief on their minds," one governor told the country's top terrorism prosecutor Saturday.

"I think it is negligent not to look at everything, including racial factors," when assessing potential terrorists, Gov. Frank Keating, R-Okla., said.

Assistant Attorney General Michael Chertoff had just finished assuring an American Bar Association audience that the United States is not using racial or ethnic profiling in the war on terror, although police and immigration officials on the front line might consider whether a potential ...

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