Terrorist Infants Threaten Airline Security

These babies hate us because they hate our freedom.

Seriously, though, file this one under I told you so.

Trying to fight terrorism via massive, name-based compliance lists without any reasonable supporting data behind them is applied without judicious restraint, obscenely expensive and just doesn't work. Here's a thought: How about if the government's myriad of intelligence agencies were to just do their fucking job from the start?

A no-fly list is one idea, but here's a better one: If you know or strongly suspect that someone is a terrorist, don't give him a student visa to begin with. If he's already here, yank that visa and send his ass home. Spend a little more time on taking care of the known threats and maybe we'll all be safer.