Erik,

Gimme some credit, Bro. I'm not naive or ignorant of the statistical realities when it comes to certain kinds of terrorism. What I'm saying is that as soon as they start only screening people who fit the profile, even the dumbest enemy can figure out how to send through a mule that doesn't fit the profile. Those guys who were behind 911 (at the top) had access to millions (if not billions) of dollars worth of Arabian money. A determined and well-financed terrorist can surely figure out a way to eventually get someone past the guards if the guards are only looking for "terrorists."

I'm not worried about the Grannies or the babies or the MOH recipients. I'm worried about the terrorists who recruit someone to pass as one of the above. We can talk all the smack we want about TSA people. I don't particularly care for them either, but I do have a little extra empathy for law-enforcement types and the 'damned if you do' treatment they get. Anyone who inconveniences you is a moron, and any government employee is an enemy of the people. I get it. All that aside, I'd prefer to be on the plane where they inconvenienced EVERYONE instead of the plane where they only screened the guys that fit the profile.

BTW, my cousin Lisa is a TSA screener, and from listening to her talk, it seems she agrees with most of you guys. She says she has to leave her common sense at the door when she comes to work, but does her job how she's told to. Go figure...