The CIA, DHS, NSA and FBI all have suspect profiling systems and profile usage in their intelligence analysis procedures. Profiles are matched against data collected from crime scenes for pattern analysis. Profiles can (and does) include body type, skin colour, eye colour, facial features, genetic information, academic history, lifestyle choices, and everything in between. It's not just about skin colour.
Profiling also becomes very important when you're conducting Social Network Analysis (SNA), which is a critical part of analytical tradecraft in these organizations. Empirical evidence is matched against these profiles, which is then fed into finding commonalities among networks of people. If a group of people are tied to another set of people with a particular set of profile criteria, say, being known to set off bombs with pressure cookers in other parts of the planet and they know similar people or are from similar tribal backgrounds, this becomes very important.
Profiling happens and its one of the foundations for intelligence analysis. Deal with it.
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