Perhaps everyone should be required to arrive 3 to 4 hours early and undergo a personal interview. Or maybe one time in order to get "clearance" to fly commercial airliners. If we want to fly we should be willing to be fingerprinted and check in that way. I am not complaining but "WARNING" because it is a waste of good resources if 7 police officers interrogate every person who goes to the bathroom before taking off, or changes seats or tries to go standy-by - things we all have done and thought were OK. I certainly would rather there be an error on the side of caution, I want to feel safe when I fly, but how is security really going to do this. I was in the Peace Corps in Tunisia for 2 years with really wonderful people who were very pro-American and would hate to think that they among all other arab looking, sounding, or country of origin are considered guilty before proven innocent. Japanese internment in WWII all over again. It is awful. Carioca, please don't take on an attitude "...just live with it..." It is unnecessary. Some people in your high profile situation would stop bringing carry-on's and check their luggage. It sounds like my nephew looks a lot like you (unless you are a brunette)

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