Originally Posted by Bart
The commander of the USS Cole screwed up royally. He could have taken more aggressive actions to prevent that attack within existing Navy regulations; he certainly had the authority to act accordingly and failed. I have absolutely no flexibility in this regard. The skipper dropped the ball. Period.
As for the relation between border protection and airport security checkpoints, I'm afraid you lost me. You're making quite a leap with that statement. I see them both as critical but don't see one being sacrificed for the other as you do. Sorry, I won't buy into your rhetoric. Try again.
Regarding our porous borders, illegal aliens/terrorists can cross into U.S. They buy supplies to make TATP, the explosive used in the London bombings, and nails/other shrapnel. They walk up to checkpoints, detonate the explosives, and make Richard Reid look like a piker.