Originally Posted by
tev9999
Screening is not the answer - intellegence is. If a bomb gets to the airport, or on the subway, or in a car, it is already too late. Take half the funding of TSA and give it to intellegence agencies to disrupt plots (within the bounds of the Constitution) BEFORE the bomb even gets made. Take the other half and install guardrails on thousands of miles of rural highways to prevent median cross-over collisions. That will save thousands more lives than the TSA ever will.
ABSOLUTELY . . . But now the Constitutional argument really comes into play. We could be FAR more effective at what you mention, and should. But, until all hell breask loose, it will never permitted. heck we can't even get a profilling program in place without it being shouted down.
Screening is the LAST line of defense.