Okay, just for the fun of it, I hit up dictionary.com for a definition of terrorist. I got the following two that seemed applicable:

1. a person, usually a member of a group, who uses or advocates terrorism.
2. a person who terrorizes or frightens others.

Definition #1 requires me to look up the definition of "terrorism." Definition #2 sounds like, well, a certain group whose mission is apparently to stop a terrorist attack.

So let's move on to the dictionary of terrorism. Here are the definitions:

1. the use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce, esp. for political purposes.
2. the state of fear and submission produced by terrorism or terrorization.
3. a terroristic method of governing or of resisting a government.

Interesting. Again, I'm more concerned with a certain body that may not use violence but certainly uses threats to intimidate or coerce.

No, I'm not calling the TSOs terrorists. But it does seem interesting how the definitions relate to Ms. Rossides's speech and the role of the TSA.

Mike