I think you're probably right - pre 9/11 would suffice, perhaps with the additions you mention. I don't know whether or not there is a need for anything more - I don't think I've said that. What I am wondering, however, is if there isn't a better way to do the whole ordeal, rethinking it all, and creating a trusting relationship between the traveling public and security instead of the us-vs-them situation that exists today, and to some extent existed pre 9/11 also.

When it comes to Bruce Schneier, I dismiss him because most of what he's written are things that were known long before he even thought of it, he rarely has anything new, but claims what he writes as his own theories. He does "tests" and find "loopholes" that others have discovered before him, and claims those as his own. He manages to do that because he's actually very good at PR and self-promotion, which is good for him, of course.

I just prefer to give credit to those who "did it first", so to speak, not those who manages to raise the more hype, and takes credit. Bruce is very eloquent, that's true, and I'll give him credit for actually making much of what he writes very accessible and easy to understand. But that's as far as I go.

I also prefer it that if someone gets to call themselves an "expert" or a "guru", they have some sort of certification or education or experience in the field they claim expertise in...

-SB-