It does not. I wonder how many people will continue to accept the current security methodology once you're asked to disrobe prior to entering secure areas and/or subjected to MRI type scanning to view the contents of your stomach and or anal cavity to ensure nothing has been hidden there.

Good security always has and will continue to be a product of a blend of tactics and techniques (some overt and some covert) which work to keep the 'bad guys' off balace and therefore confused and incapable of planning anything dangerous.

If you wish to ride unfettered and unconcerned…take a train. Take note of the difference between the levels of security even though the stakes are just as high…Why is that?

Sad thing is…we are all being punished because of the actions of a few.

In a way, the terrorists have won some victory…because they have upset our world…and, the way we go about life. And, evenmoreso as our freedoms and dignity are stripped away because of the necessary evil of tighter security.

I'm sorry this happened to you and your husband. But, you are not alone…many innocents suffer because of the actions of the few.

What needs to be employed is some common sense which is what the Israelis do. Among a number of other techniques, they employ both ethnic and behavioral profiling. Of course, the ethnic profiling led to a lawsuit because it was considered to be racist (Israeli airport security challenged). Well guess what – there hasn't been a successful attack on an Israeli airplane in decades.

Scrutinize everyone including little old ladies and kids, but include ethnic profiling as a part of an overall strategy.

In fairness to the screeners that the OP ran into, there really was an issue and as a result I can definitely see why they were singled out. Their name did not match the boarding passes. But instead of making a national case out of it, the first screener saw the reality of the situation and did NOT make them go back to square one, which in some cases could have make the person miss their flight. He let them through and they had some extra screening. I don't see a problem with this. Its better than the additional security yahoo's who were working on Dec. 29 when my mother flew back home after spending Christmas with me. 4 days after the failed Christmas Day bomb, and there are Homeland security personnel all over the place. All of them standing around in circles of three or four BSing about their plans for New Years (yes I could over hear the conversations). Just brilliant work, their supposed to be LOOKING for suspicious activity and instead they are talking about their party plans.

ps. I want to meet the guy who can kill a person and take down an airplane with a pair of cuticle scissors.

Sad to say, it'll only get worse, and too many people are willing to put up with this crap because they've been frightened shitless into thinking the end of the great American way of life is close at hand. I mean, look at how ludicrous things are getting now. And this is only after a FAILED attack, after some bumbling fool set his underwear on fire.

Give trailer trash a badge and minimal training and they think they are John Rambo … "respect my authoritee" – bite me!

A perfect example is the incompetent security people in Helena, Mt.