"Peter Duniho" wrote in
:

"Judah" wrote in message
. ..
The idea that an 11 month old baby is a terrorist is ludicrous, for
sure.

But the woman says, "It was bizarre," Sanden said. "I was hugely
pregnant, and I was like, 'We look really threatening.'"

A pregnant woman can be carrying a bomb just like anyone else, even
if she doesn't know about it...

If the pregnant woman's name was the one on the "watch list", then
impeding their progress might have been warranted.

But when the name on the list matches that of an infant, it should be
obvious to even the dumbest government employee that the name on the
list refers to someone OTHER than that infant.

Frankly, of the many problems with this whole "watch list" thing, one
is that the government does not explain how a person's name winds up
on the list in the first place. Do they just pick names that sound
like something a terrorist has? Or does each name on the list
correspond to a real person of whom the government already has
suspicions?

The former would be absurd (though certainly not outside the realm of
possibility in today's environment). But if the latter, the list
should also include an age, and possibly other descriptive elements
(height comes to mind). A person with the same name, but with
*obviously* different characteristic otherwise should be allowed to
pass as though their name were not on the list at all.

I think it's great, actually, that the TSA is stopping infants, and
even children, when their names are on the list. Idiotic behavior
like this is one of the best ways we have to getting the American
public to understand what a fiasco they have allowed to occur, and
getting it fixed.

Pete




Yup, and the funniest thing about the whole "random search" thing, is
it's VERY clearly marked on your ticket if your getting searched. What
kind of idiot with bad intentions would just not dump his weapon or
whatever into the trash when he sees that mark on his ticket. Or worse
yet just pass it to his buddy who did NOT get the "extra pat down" mark.

--
-- ET :-)

"A common mistake people make when trying to design something
completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete
fools."---- Douglas Adams