A man’s profile alone can establish security threat without evidence

Evidence

What I am saying today is that your client has a profile which makes him of use to Al Qaeda and his connections to the organization through various individuals is what leads us to conclude that he is a threat to the security of Canada. I am afraid that I can’t get into any more detail than that. — Sherene Razack, Casting Out, 70

Categorization

• XREF: Concrete lived-case instance of the ‘profile replaces evidence’ mechanism detailed in earlier chapters of this same book (ch7 security certificates).