[MineralMan]

"If it is *nothing* then wonderful...but the possibility remains that it could be *something worth taking seriously*. Better to be safe than sorry. imho."

Hmm...as someone who flies regularly, I'd much rather they didn't evacuate the airport every time they find a nail-clipper that got past the checkpoint. Let me ask you something. In all of the airport evacuations that have happened since 9/11, has anything ever been actually found? The answer is no.

[smith288]

Hmm...as someone who flies regularly, I'd much rather they didn't evacuate the airport every time they find a nail-clipper that got past the checkpoint. Let me ask you something. In all of the airport evacuations that have happened since 9/11, has anything ever been actually found? The answer is no.

Have we got hit with terrorism on our shores since 9-11. The answer is no. Lets disband homeland security.

[Donna Lee Nardo]

Exactly. But the real weapons that continue to escape detection post-911 -- all the guns and knives, etc. -- do not cause evacuations only because the humans and the machines fail to see them!

[mrs tiggywinkle]

While I don't fly regularly (only 3-4 times per year) I appreciate the attempt being made to secure my personal safety. It may not be fool proof... it even may be bothersome, frustrating and tedious to frequent fliers...but I appreciate the attempt all the same.

[cubreporter]

But what if????????????????????/ Better to be safe than sorry.

[henderson field]

"...has anything ever actually been found?"
Of course not. It's part of a PR effort that the government is conducting, and a clumsy one at that. Even Josef Goebbels had more finessse than that. Pretty soon the FBI will have to blow up another place just to show they know what they're doing.