I support reasonable precautions, too, as you know from reading hundreds of my previous posts here. Fortifying cockpit doors, for instance, is a great idea. Instructing pilots to land immediately in the event of an attempted hijacking is a great idea. Even arming pilots isn't too bad; it beats having armed, easily identifiable sky marshals in the passenger cabin.

But "randomly" searching people like Dan Quayle and Al Gore -- and have you noticed how they always go after celebrities? -- is nonsensical. We KNOW that these people are NOT terrorists, so why search them? Are we concerned that Al Gore may have decided to become a terrorist since losing his bid for the White House? Seriously, is there ANY justification for searching a well-known person who is without question not a threat?

That sort of thing has made me lose confidence in the "security" procedures. Too much of what they do is ineffective window dressing and, even worse, class warfare. I don't need it, and neither do you. It does nothing to keep us safe.

Bruce