RE: post #9 Your idea is the only thing that might prevent a castrophe like a dirty bomb. If it happens our economy will likely be worse than the Depression. These people mean business. They proved it by coming back to attack the trade center in New York after failing earlier in the 90's. I predict that we don't really have any idea of what lies ahead.
I'm just not for making it easy on politicans who want to look busy fighting terrorism when they are doing anything but. The answer is not to con us out of our Civil Liberties falsely promising us we are safer when we know we are not.
I don't think Americans should have to fight terrorist on one side and smoke and mirrors politicians on the other trying to con us that they give one tinkers damn about our safety and all we have to do is give up a few liberties. They are only concerned with their own skins, free trade, open borders, and globalism.
It may take one state at a time to become discontent with their resident D.C. con artist enough to vote in someone more appreciative of their first duty, but eventually it will happen.