[Porsche-O-Phile]

Yea, pretty much. The TSA ("Thousands Standing Around") is a joke meant to pacify the public and give the appearance of doing something in the wake of 9/11.

If the hijackers REALLY wanted to attack us again, they need look no further than air cargo - it's frightfully vulnerable (I used to fly cargo as a commercial pilot, so I have some first-hand stories that would make people cringe). The aircraft are typically in remote, not-very-secure areas of airports, large, long-haul types and heavy. Not as sensational as taking a planeload of innocent passengers with you, but it'd also get them around the obvious problems of passengers potentially "fighting back" or whatever too.

I have no doubt whatsoever that I could dupe my way onto a 757-or-larger cargo plane somewhere here in southern CA and get it airborne if I wanted to. None whatsoever.

I think the next major terrorist attack will likely involve radiological agents brought in through our relatively unprotected ports though - unfortunately for those of us that live near them. Either that or the evildoers will go to another country first, then to Mexico or Latin America, and simply stroll across the border like the thousands of others each day. If one REALLY wanted to get a plutonium suitcase bomb into the U.S., it'd be pretty easy, I'm sorry to say.