Originally Posted by n5667
Well, Richard Reid didn't exist before 9/11, and considering cases such as Lockerbie, perhaps it is good to have bags searched... Planes seem to be a popular, symbolic target for terrorists - and screening for incidents that have already occured doesn't seem so terribly illogical...
The "Richard Reid" excuse is both lame and pathetic. Richard Reid could have crammed his sloppy bomb in his pants or in his butt.
That's not a valid excuse for this stupid, disgusting shoe harassment that occurs at the airport.
Comrades Mineta, Loy, Stone and now Hawley are just filthy little collaborators with the terrorist Richard Reid.