Dave S wrote:

Spockstuto wrote:
Your tax dollars at work

(SNIP)

Now that I think about it, maybe were
better off with our security agents strip-searching each passenger
rather than actually trying to use their heads to make an individual
judgment.

Unfortunately, "effective" is also known as "racial profiling". If they
singled out the following for close scruitiny, the legal system in our
country would not permit it:

Bin laden counts on our legal system not permitting such common sense
precautions.