(1) A few years ago, in flight on aa, I was watching on my portable dvd player the serial film ACE DRUMMOND, in the first chapter (which sets the theme for the other 12), scene upon scene of planes of Mongolian Airways are being crashed by the Dragon. If a FA noticed this, I'd probably be writing this from prison cell.
(2) We here on FT, think too logically; the general public feels anything the govt. does to insure their safety is worth the hassle.
(3) One would assume a librarian, would be more intelligent and realize that books don't commit crimes: In the 70's (30 years before 9/11), I stopped into a library and inquired whether they had a copy of the OAG (airplane timetable book), his comment was that isn't that info "classified" and not available to the general public.