Spying on Terrorists Works, Spying on Citizens Doesn't

The latest foiled bomber plot was an intelligence success, just barely...

It was also a sobering reminder to officials around the world that quick response to timely intelligence rules the day. Despite the billions of dollars governments have spent on elaborate airport technology to guard against terrorism threats, the packages would probably have been loaded onto planes bound for the United States, but for the Saudi tip.  (NY Times - Bomb Plot)

Time to drop the politically-correct eyewash of screening grannies and military veterans

Terrorists meet a certain profile, and that is where the intrusive scrutiny needs to be focused.  TSA agents offend the dignity of honest citizens by making a big show of wanding crotches, pawing our personal possessions, and digging through personal bags for excessive amounts of water.  And the naked porn scanners do not improve security and they don't even make us feel safer.  They just piss us off.

Put the focus where it needs to be
Security agents should scrutinize those who fit the profile, and they should turn the technology on the cargo coming into the country.  Time to strip the funds away from the TSA and the stampeding bureaucratic herds that trample our 4th Amendment rights.  Give the money to the shadowy intelligence operatives that direct their skills not to domestic spying, but to external threats.  These good Americans and the foreigners they cultivate have contacts with nasty people and that is how plots like this are busted.

Time for good citizens to tell Uncle Sam to take the X-Ray vans and other tools of domestic spying and shove 'em where the sun don't shine.  Stop violating our constitutional rights and go focus on the bad guys.