Sept. 11, 2001 was a very exciting time albeit horrific. It is what the public servic styles live for. Firemen would rather fight a fire than look at 2 morons in a car accident. They live for the adrenaline rush from the fire - not polishing their truck.

The police departments have become more military in they appearance and demeanor. This gives them another reason to act out on their training. When I was a little boy I remember police as someone to trust and that were generally viewed as a kind person, now most are one step from Gestapo or Stazi officers. To shut down the airport with no regard to the welfare (underdressed people forced outside) is no surprise. If the alleged weapon was inside the baggage handling area, it would have to be a nuke to injure anyone in the warm ticketing area. It all seems like morbid overreaction. I'm pretty sure a lead and plutonium nuke would be over the 50 lb. bag limit. Plutonium has over 3 times the atomic weight of lead, it doesn't take much to reach 50 lbs.