Originally Posted by GUWonder
You may need to get some facts straight about what occurred and did not occur vis-a-vis the White House Commission on Aviation Safety & Security. The campaign financing you claim had an influence on aviation security via the Clinton-Gore campagin is a claim with very, very limited substance.
[Look at the timing of the final report for one of many indicators of your errors.]
Furthermore, at the time of the 9/11 attacks, are we certain that the "box cutters" allegedly used were not permissible to pass the security checkpoints?
We do know that standard training for most people in the aviation industry at the time was to fully cooperate with hijackers. We know what that led to.
The timing of the report is the key indicator that you are wrong. The initial findings (pre 96 election) were watered down, hence the final report in 97, all to please a few people during election time.
Box cutters were legal to bring on board on 9/11; all the more reason to introduce country of origin/citizen status checks in air travel and travel in general.