Just a point of info to set things straight:
The 9/11 hijackers were NOT pilots of any sort. They DID attend PRIVATE schools to learn to fly however they did not complete the courses, they took on just enough training to know how to handle the planes after someone else put them in the air. In short they had no credentials of any kind.
With that said, we are experiencing an epidemic, nation wide, of security people who are over impressed with themselves, are under-trained, and lack proper oversight. In any other position they would be jailed over the abuse of power and violations of civil rights they perform. As a federal LEO, I have been involved in limited prosecution of more than a few of these jack booted thugs. Unfortunately their arrests are the responsibility of the local, county and state agencies who are ignorent of their duties in this matter.
It is up to each and every one of you to take this matter to your Senators and Congress-persons, enmasse, and make them take this matter to task. Until that happens, the problem will grow as the few of us that are assigned to protect the people from such abuses are just a token handful, and are simply incapable of handling this substantial problem. We NEED proper natioal level training of these people so that there is uniformity to ensure protection of the people, both from terrorists as well as power mad fools.
Be serious and straight to the point in your contact with your elected officials. Don't speculate or guess, Just state the facts. If you can take the time to comment here, you can do the same with your elected officials. And remember one thing, it may be antiquated in word, but the fact is if you aren't part of the solution, you ARE part of the problem.
