Isn't the bottom line that this case will mean either continuing to allow the pilot as CAPTAIN, to have the final say over the flight safety, or allow the "security" bureauracy to have the final say.

I'm sorry, all this amounts to is an arrogant SS agent, who happened to also be an arab, was inconvenienced by a pilot who wouldn't kow-tow to his "law enforcement" mentality. Let's face it: had he been a white agent, none of this would have hit the news, he would have been placed in custody until the matter cleared, and he surely would be unemployed by now.