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by tibbon 5690 days ago
Perhaps, but why do we still focus then so much on 'hijacking' items, like knitting needles that would do little good in making bombs? We haven't reverted to pre 9/11 search coverage of hijack items. Actually, we haven't backed down at all on anything.

It seems that once something is identified a threat, it will always now be seen as a threat.