I remember when... an english speaking middle eastern looking metal detector guard in miami airport stopped me to look at my Video camera. He asked me to turn it on. I did. Then he volenteered his life story. "I got hired cause I used to make these into bombs. I know what to look for..." I said "really, that's comforting" (I don't think he could sense my sarcasm. he replied, "yep, I got busted when I was 16, lucky for me I was underage and got off easy, now I get to protect you"
I wonder if he is still manning the gates and protecting us now.
Can somebody explain this to me? I've been trying to figure it out all day. I don't mean constitutionally, I already looked that up. I mean, what's the deal? If the airports are so darned unsecure as to need various national guardsmen popping up all over the place, why are planes still flying? What's going on?