[newvista]

I'm not surprised by this. As I've been flying post-Sept 11th, I always wondered why the ultra-security was not brought forward to the terminal entrance. Anyone could walk into the terminal, loaded with hundreds of people, and open fire. This had been previous M.O. for terrorists back in the 70s (Rome airport, etc). Many airports around the world screen entrants right at the terminal front door (metal detectors, etc). I gather we'll see this here soon. Unfortunately, people had to die and get hurt in order for our vaunted TSA gurus to remember lessons from the past.

[monkeyshine]

This is at least the second time it's happened. Didn't some Hindu guy shoot up an airport with a shotgun last month?

[sourcery]

Anyone could walk into the terminal, loaded with hundreds of people, and open fire.

Wherever you put the security checkpoint, there will always be crowd of people queued up waiting to be cleared through. That crowd will always be a target.

You can relocate the problem, but you can't eliminate it.