Re:I don't think so. (Score 2, Interesting)

What makes every one think that terrorists need off the shelf products? Here is a case of a terrorist group gathering information and training they needed to commit such horrendous acts. Could they not write ther own encryption programming? And how will we/technoguardians be able to handle all the messages in the ether anyway? Every one applauds the shrinking of the world, and enabling the individual to do so many things with his/her Dick Tracy Radio/TV/wristwatch due to technology. Such things as terror attacks orchestrated using this same technology are a certain and now proven biproduct. Kinda like atomic waste, ya know guys? I am neither in favor of becoming a troglodyte, nor sticking our collective heads in the sand, nor a "technology rules cheerleader." If this was a case of lax security (I assume that metal detectors were not used at the gates, else these knives, being metal would have shown up. If the knives were plastic, then a frisking would have been helpful, yes? If there were knives purloined from the kitchenettes aboard the planes... it goes on and on and on) then security must be tightened (well, duh!) in all phases of transportand become an obstacle course for those who desire the downfall of whichever servant of satan/communism/fascism/fur fashion industry/butterflycatchers is to be targetted. Some less thoughtful individuals elsewhere in the threads have suggested that every one must be armed in order for such things to be stopped. My question is: if some yahoo sees a jet overhead and one is armed to the teeth wherever one goes, what will keep said yahoo from shooting down the jet with a rocket launcher (witness: a couple years back when a motocycle group in Norway got a hold of one such device) in the off chance that there is a terrorist aboard and holding a butterknife to the captain's throat, just because the yahoo thinks it might be the case? And then of course we need to have each passenger seat equipped with a lever which will drop napalm on a suspected yahoo, if there is a suspicion of a ground-dwelling yahoo is under the plane. Don't you love the absurdity? What other answer might there be than to have an army state such as Sparta where every citizen is required to serve in the military and become accomplished in hand to hand combat in tight places, or...? What is a "Super Power" to do?