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"And BTW, can you think of a single instance prior to 09.11 when terrorists crashed fully loaded passenger jets into tall buildings? "

Federal authorities knew of such possibilities since 1995, when they found such plans on Khalid Mohammed.

It is true that suicide-terrorism is a relatively new feature of the terrorist's arsenal.

"TSA starts giving one legged 60 year old ladies a free pass, then you can bet that the terrorists will recruit one
legged 60 year old ladies to commit acts of terror. "

You have failed to cite even one instance of this being the case. Israel manages far higher security without using stupid and rigid body search rules. You just be sure you are being honest of you will get horsewhipped.

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Federal authorities knew of such possibilities since 1995, when they found such plans on Khalid Mohammed.

Anything is possible, but given the history of hijackings and terrorism, the probabilities were slight.

Israel manages far higher security without using stupid and rigid body search rules.

That may or may not be true. I do know, however, that travelers through Israeli airports can take hours to clear security because of the invasive verbal interrogations. Can you imagine the reaction of the spoiled, whiney American travelers if they had to undego the same degree of interrogation when traveling from LGA to MIA?