[Sonny M]

I remember once reading that one of the tenets of terrorism is to make the Govt react to the point of suppressing its own people.

Thats an arguement that folks make on behalf of the terrorists.

OBL and the rest of them, could not care less if the government restricted liberties or not, if they banned things or not, the terrorists really do not care about our civil liberties, they care aboue exploiting weaknesses to kill, maim, and terrorize as many people as possible.

I doubt you will find any terrorist, or terrorist sympathizer or supporter, who claims he wants or would want, the government of his opposition to "crack down" on its people.

He simply wouldn't care.

[beltfed308]

Thats an arguement that folks make on behalf of the terrorists.

That is total BS. The WOT will never end and it is our responsibility to make sure we do not loose anymore liberty than we have to. There will always be a group or cause looking to strike. I do not eat it off a spoon because there is a good chance that there will be a demRat admin sometime. All things like this do is pave the way for more intrusive searches and erosion or rights. It is PC that is the real threat as those trying to fight or prevent terrorism have over 300 million suspects to sift through. Terrorists are out there but not under every rock..for now. Not hijacking the thread but it is a bit dishonest to be searching spectators when an entire border is wide open. The judge was right on this.

[steve-b]

I doubt you will find any terrorist, or terrorist sympathizer or supporter, who claims he wants or would want, the government of his opposition to "crack down" on its people.

Nonsense. One of the classic objectives of terrorism is to provoke knee-jerk reactions that erode confidence in the targeted government.