Originally Posted by
chollie
What they need to do more frequently at these hearings is run the dogs through the hearings while they are being held.
One false or misleading alert might give these legislators an opportunity to witness what really can happen in the field.
If putting a US Senator into a glass penalty box at an airport checkpoint doesn't lead to big changes (and it didn't), neither would stunts in a hearing. None of our elected officials want to appear soft on terrorism, so if that means some people get harassed in the name of security, so be it.