No one out to Attack us But George Bush and his clan.

Getting the government involved is never a good way to improve security.

The last thing our country needs is to give away more of our freedom for the illusion of safety.

A total red herring. The 9/11 hijacks were not the result of poor screeners. Everything they brought on board was legal at that time.

It is clear that the post-9/11 airport security system failed. Too few rules and regulations and too many inexperienced agents. I agree fully with abichara1882- the federal government SHOULD be responsible for our air travel security. While the government should not bear all the responsibility, they certainly should have a major role in ensuring that those who provide security are qualified to do so.

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Do y'all trust federal agents or little private companies to give us better security?

Federalizing air travel security would not be such a bad idea in light of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. The current system of air travel security has failed; the private contractors who have been hired out to do security at airports hire people who have criminal records and are overworked and underpaid. In this situation, I believe that it is best that airline security fall under the jurisdiction of the federal government. That said, I do not believe that the federal government is the end-all solution to the problem. I agree with President Bush and Tom DeLay (I think he's gotten a bad rap on this one) concerning the solution to the problem. What needs to occur is that federal guidelines need to established concerning airline security. Private firms should do the work of securing airports because they already have the proper training for the job. The federal government should be responsible for hiring out the firms to do the security and providing the resources necessary to do the job of securing the countries airports. The problem with airport security before was that the government rarely provided the private security firms any resources for securing airports; obviously, this will change with the new federal guidelines. The reason why I think DeLay's plan for airline security is best is because it allows for greater flexibility; incompetent people can be fired a lot more easily and we will be able to respond to any new threats which may arise during the war. I do not think that we should be contracting out Drug Enforcement or Immigration Service Agents to do the job of airport security. They have other issues at hand to take care of during this war against terrorism. In Europe, they attempted full federalization of airline security in response to the hijackings which were occuring on an almost daily basis during the 1970's, and the result was the hijackings went UP. In the 1980's, the Europeans responded to this reality and they hired out private firms to do the work of securing their airports. The result was that hijackings went DOWN, believe it or not (!) We should let the government play a role in this, but we should hire out private contractors to do the job, they know what is best for the security of the airports.