Screening was installed as a "democratic" process (Score 1)

Just a thought: profiling of suspected terrorists was trashcanned because it was deemed by the fretful civil rights wing as discriminatory, aka "racial profiling." I.e., if your features are dark, you come from the mideast (especially Saudi Arabia -- where most/all the 9-11 terrorists originated), and you're carrying a Wahabi U. handbag, you may only be as likely to be screened as the random old lady or someone on the watch list. I might agree that Sen. Kennedy SHOULD be on a watch list, but not as a terrorist threat.