There are a couple of articles in today's NY Times about the security dilemma in the U.S.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/29/us...g.html?_r=1&hp
and
http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.c...port-security/
While some of the opinions in the second article push for WBI, almost all agreed that no matter what was done, terrorists will overcome.
Good heavens, for the second time today, I find myself agreeing with people for whom I have little respect, Chertoff and Hawley:
But in the end, both Mr. Hawley and Mr. Chertoff say that this system will never accomplish everything people seem to hope for: total safety from terrorists.
“It is a fool’s errand to try to make the aviation system terrorist proof,” said Mr. Hawley, who helped start the T.S.A. and then ran it until this past January. “The only way to do that is ground the airplanes.”
I think the American public needs to be told in no uncertain terms: "we cannot guarantee your safety" on an airplane no matter how much technology we place in airports.