The problem is that I, like Spiff, do know a bit about security and other related disciplines. My problem is that what I see at the checkpoints is government-sponsored security gone awfully wrong. A lot of money is wasted on methods that will not accomplish what they are (officially) set out to do: catch terrorists so that an incident similar WTC can be avoided.

As long as I don´t see any changes, I will remain critical of the whole process. I try to be civil at the checkpoint, but sometimes the stupidity of some screeners make it very hard. Even though I travel relatively often, I only visit a very limited number of airports. So far I have been spared the shoe carnival but I´m sure it will happen one of these days. That will not be a pleasant time, I´m sure.