Originally Posted by
Spiff
I disagree completely. There are already plenty of holes in the asinine "security" that we are forced to endure at US airports. Anyone, anytime, can bring explosives past the checkpoint in their pants or in their butt. Why doesn't it happen? Because there just aren't that many terrorists out there as Comrade Hawley and Comrade Chertoff, the lowest of the low, would have you believe.
That's the 800 pound gorilla in the room. Terrorists like to strike the weakest point. Why haven't we seen ship terminals, trains, cruise liners, or even a terminal at LAX blown up by now? One idiot got caught at the border, ostensibly headed to LAX, but that was ONE idiot since 9/11.
I do not advocate a wholesale dismantling of security precautions, but shoes, liquids, R/C cars, and (most perplexing of all), disposable booties, do not constitute a viable threat.