Tell that to the people in Guantanamo Bay.
If someone is a suspected terrorist they can indeed be apprehended and brought in for questioning, police pick up "suspects" all the time.
They may or may not be able to charge them with anything, but I am pretty sure they are not terrorist suspects for nothing. (Of course, I might be on Ashcroft's list)
The point I am trying to make is so much "feel good" Look what I have done crap is going on, and very little is actually being done to deal with the problem.
Fact, it is just as possible for an organized group to make the same 9/11 type attacks today as it was on 9/10
Every time I have flown First Class they have handed me at least 3 weapons as deadly as a boxcutter, the only difference is the flight crew and the other passengers will react differently to the attempt.
Tons of the new baggage screeners at the airports are convicted felons, the screeners will not stop and search a single person who looks middle eastern for fear of the "profiling" lawsuits, Newark has stopped requiring you to show Identification when boarding, only when you go through the metal detectors. (It is obviously impossible to steal another passengers ticket once you have gone through the metal detectors)
Meanwhile Capitol hill is passing more and more laws that do nothing more than greatly infringe on the rights of law abiding citizens, and scream to high heaven that Janet Jackson has breasts so it is time for more censorship.
Not a single piece of legislation since 9/11 has done anything to lessen the likelyhood of another terrorist attack, it is simply more ways to control the masses.
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