Really, the Patriot Act has made this madness legal. It's time to roll back the old, misnamed Patriot Act because there's really nothing patriotic about abusing constitiutional rights.
Hell, the airline passengers are the ones catching the terrorist on the plane, not the cops not the TSA not the FBI. Heroic citizens like it should be.
I’d agree the Patriot Act should be gone but its only part. The WOD has allowed police depts to generate massive budgets and get all kinds of shiny new toys.
Of course Homeland Security is part of it as well. What a misnomer.