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Doug,

Please.  You say you're a Libertarian in one breath then advocate Federal
takeover of airport security!

If we put these current contractors  (airport security) out of business by
replacing them with Federal employees, don't you think we'll owe these business big bucks for their loss?  Of course we will.  Lawsuits will reign supreme, how about a little cost / benefit analysis?

You're not suspicious when ALL Senators vote in favor of an issue? Ever
happened before?  Not that I know about.  Could they be acting in a herd
mentality?  How about Federal Standards enforced by a gov't agency?  That would be quicker, cleaner and more effective.  We can change / fire contractors but Federal Security officers at airports will not be as easy to change when they too don't perform any better.   Check in security was not to blame for the 9/11 disaster, nothing on those planes was against the rules in force at the time, including box cutters.  Federal agencies
(CIA, FBI, FAA etc.) had the information to prevent the disaster, but didn't share the information.  The solution, another agency, Homeland Security.  Glad that makes you feel more secure, not me.

Nick Karem

P.S. I just received a CATO piece stating that "Both houses of Congress voted to make it a crime to mention the name of a candidate for federal office in an advertisement within 60 days of an election (only a filibuster kept it from becoming a law)."  Please "connect the dots" here!  You or I can't fund ads for our favorite candidate's ads to run within 60 days of an election, but NEWSPAPERS are free to write editorials, make ( often unfounded) charges about a candidate and swing
the election.  That's your :"Campaign Finance Reform" at work, not mine or Libertarians per CATO

Editor's note:  This week's recent articles include several on how to improve airport security, looking at what has proven successful in Europe.