If his own father repeatedly reporting him to authorities was meaningless to them, what good does it do for any citizen to report suspicious people and activities? They need to screen more old white grannies, can’t do anything as rational as “profiling” for people who actually fit all the characteristics of almost every terrorist heretofore.
The system worked before it didn’t.
The system didn’t work at Ft. Hood either. What are all the billions for? (I ain’t that naive)
re: effort to set a Detroit-bound plane on fire
Hate to be nit picker, but he attempted to blow the plane out of the sky. The fact it caught fire was a fluke of failure.
It looks like the entire United States Government “security” apparatus is simply another jobs program for the connected. No real output needed.