[takenoprisoner]

I mean, that pesky thing is there for this type of circumstance, yes?

Beats me. I don't understand how any of this is tolerated by real Americans. Most justify the process as a necessary evil to fight terrorism. What they don't get is that when they subject themselves to these unconstitutional intrusions, they have forfeited their freedom and their rights to terrorists...

Are the terrorists winning? Sure looks like they are at our airports.

[Pan_Yans Wife]

Do you think the terrorists have won... or at least grinned with the Patriot Act was signed? Don't the Islamic radicals hate America because of its freedoms, so anything that curtails these freedoms, makes them victorious?

As for Atta and Co, and the shoe-bomber. That is the beauty of their plans, the think outside of the box, and try to bring us to our knees. Atta and Co. didn't carry anything illegal onboard the planes, neither did the shoebomber.

So, how do we thwart future attacks? Wouldn't getting rid of TSA actually make us much more vulnerable? How about the Israeli security system at airports? They haven't had a highjacking in years.