Originally Posted by sbagdon

So should we be only concentrating on those objects (or people) that present a tactical or strategic threat to the airplane, and letting the operational events go their course? There's tons of things you can do inside an airplane (up to, and even including, setting off small incendiaries). Airplanes are amazingly strong objects, under most circumstances. Yet what are we giving up in civil liberties, to protect us from civil threats, that aren't true aviation threats?