Do you think people should be allowed to fly anonymously? I suppose that's one way to go, but I would think that if you have no idea who the passengers are then you do have to treat them all as terrorists. Otherwise when the terrorist DOES get on board and blow the plane up I'm sure the people will scream "Why didn't the government do something?"

I see a huge difference between the "quality" of the front-office TSOs and the back off procedures and systems at the DHS. Knowing the type of folks in areas that I'm familiar with that the NSA has hired, for example, leads me to believe that there *are* intelligent people working there. The just aren't screening passengers.

I personally think we should allow machetes on planes. Yes, the folks locked in the plane could all die, but probably not. And the real thing we're worried about is turning the planes into missiles and I think the reinforced doors should be up to the task. At least long enough to get the plane down.