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On Mon, 28 Dec 2009 11:36:44 -0800, "nom=de=plume"
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Actiually, I blame peoples stupidity. But Obama be the one responsible
these days. I didn't agree with Bush's go at it either. Too many
purely
politicial barriers in doing this right.

I do as well. The person responsible for not putting this person on a
higher
level list should be fired and the protocols should be changed. Obama is,
ultimately, responsible. I think he gets that.


I wonder how many people would fit this guy's profile?
I believe we are "watching" about a quarter of a million people. The
question is which ones need to be watched more closely and still
staying politically correct enough not to be criticized for it.
In Obama's defense, this is one of those "damned if you do, damned if
you don't things.

We're not actually watching them ... those on the 500K watch list. As I've
said, intelligent profiling would solve much of this. Looks like we aren't
yet doing a good job with this.

On the bright side, even if this guy's bomb had gone off, the chances
of blowing a hole in the skin of a plane and bringing it down is
fairly slim. Remember Aloha Airlines Flight 243 where about 150 square
feet of the skin peeled off and the only person who died was a flight
attendant who blew out of the hole.
Both this and the shoe bomber were really overblown as a threat.

I believe the authorities said that it was plenty to bring down the plane,
but I agree that the threat is overblown in the sense that we're not
reacting to it properly. Personally, I really don't want to see random
people's feet.

As far as I am concerned, the terrorists have won. They have us living
our lives in fear and made traveling a living hell.
They should put one more security system on the planes, an air lock.
Catch these guys, put them in the air lock at 30,000 feet, then open
the outer door.
"Bye Bye, your virgins are on the ground waiting for you"


I don't think they've won. Most people are not fearful.


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Nom=de=Plume