[gdani]

Uh, just take a second to think. It's not about the actual search. It's about the potential for a search that might discourage the the bad guys. Get it?

This is what I get -- there are about 1,000 different ways to inflict a terrorist attack on the U.S. or NYC that don't involve subways.

You are severely kidding yourself if you think searches at subway stations make us any safer.

[durasell]

It makes us marginally safer. It's one thing out of probably a couple of thousand things that I bet on every day that I go out and about.