[ClancyJ]

So you send them off to go to various locations and act suspicious. They get arrested and let go. If you're lucky, they get hassled enough in the process to radicalize them. Meanwhile, you wear out law enforcement with false alarms so that when the real thing comes, they'll be slower to respond

Er....How do you know when the real thing comes along?

Ignoring suspicious people? This same tactic could have been used at the Towers Attack - then how would officials feel?

Frankly, I expect people to do their jobs and report suspicious behavior as the president requested. To ignore anything is setting us up for another attack and plays right into the hands of the terrorists. So what if it is a false alarm - at least we got practice in spotting suspicious people, corralling them, identifying, and investigating suspicious actions.

[Cold Heat]

I agree with you in part. Americans are not exactly used to looking over their shoulder all the time. It will take some time to get used to the situation, but we will adjust fairly quickly.

Next to the Russians we are probably one of the most paranoid societies on the planet. I am a little afraid of a knee jerk reaction, but I'm sure we will work it out. We are now in a different time. We must be defensive and offensive at the same time. That is what war is all about.