Random checks at airport gates, which have delayed grandmothers in wheelchairs and forced a congressman to drop his pants, do not bolster security, Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge said Monday. ``We should do a better job of identifying people getting on the planes, and [separate] the low-risk to no-risk passengers,'' he said. Since Sept. 11, security officers randomly select passengers to search for weapons. Regular fliers complain that people who obviously are not terrorists must endure sometimes humiliating searches of their carry-on baggage. Some are forced to remove their shoes and have their bodies examined by guards with electronic wands....
