[MamaDearest]

Well, when we have 14 Syrians aboard the Northwest flight who are questioned and our alphabets don't even pay attention to the fact their visas were EXPIRED, it sure solidifies we have a long way to go before we are safe in this country. This kind of thing leaves no notches in the belts of the FBI or Homeland Security.

With no profiling, bad security checks, travel by foreigners without proper visas and lackadaisical investigations by the FBI and Homeland Security, flying is AT OUR OWN RISK. Errors, like missing the expiration dates of the Visas, should result in terminated employees as it involves our national security. There should be NO EXCUSE for blunders that permit terrorists to go on their way until they kill Americans. Each such episode maligns the integrity of the agencies assigned to protect us.

[BurbankKarl]

if my MasterCard was expired it would be noticed! even by a clerk in high school!

[Donna Lee Nardo]

"There should be NO EXCUSE for blunders that permit terrorists to go on their way until they kill Americans."

Agreed. We should be managing the airlines and the agencies.

[jerseygirl]

I would venture a guess that if a group of TMers monitored who got on to flights (and trains)---we would provide a MUCH safer environment for all.