Anyone else find incredible irony in the fact that despite strict government control of the airports, the only people that actually stopped an attack were 3 untrained guys in the air?

I'm betting this new warning of 18,000 Al-Qaida operatives brings calls for even more surveillance and abuses of power. All to keep us safe, mind you. They'll never misuse the new powers they'll acquire, and they'll relinquish them when the crisis has passed.

Adrian