[cardinal4]

I disagree totally. Consider this scenario; someone kidnaps your two year old says they will kill her if you dont bring something onto an airplane. That scenario renders the "grandmother" everyone on FR is quick to refer to, just as dangerous as mohamed atta. Either everyone is screened equally, or its useless to do it it all.

[JesseHousman]

...or its useless to do it it all.

It's much better to know your terrorists before they get their raggedy arses to the gate.

Passengers should be screened by profile!

[CalKat]

And wasn't it the Pan Am flight that crashed over Scotland, where the Irish girl who brought the bomb onto the plane didn't even know she had it?

[Mears]

The scenario you described in your post #5 never occurred to me,thanks for sharing it with us.

Search everyone,period. Problem solved.

[steve-b]

Consider this scenario; someone kidnaps your two year old says they will kill her if you dont bring something onto an airplane.

Since we know that the Spanish will bend over backwards (or forwards, depending on one's choice of metaphor) in response to terrorist threats, it is only logical to consider them security risks in this regard.