There Are People Who Aren't Trusted At Airports

I found this link to this January 31, 2008 Washington Times article at Shooting the Messenger--and it makes me really angry:

The Oakland International Airport did not break any laws or regulations when it denied 200 Marines and soldiers access to the passenger terminal during a layover last year from Iraq to the troops' home base in Hawaii, the Transportation Department says.

Calvin L. Scovell III, the department's inspector general, blamed the mix-up on security concerns and a communication failure between the Defense Department and the Homeland Security Department.The contract to allow military layovers at the California airport "did not require that military personnel have access to the airport terminal; it only required that military personnel be allowed to deplane and stretch their legs on stops lasting over one hour," said a report released yesterday to House lawmakers who requested an investigation into the matter.
The Sept. 27 layover was the last stop for fuel and food, but the troops, who were returning from a tour in Iraq, were denied access to food and bathroom facilities.

Yeah, we can't trust members of the U.S. armed forces to mingle with ordinary people in an airport terminal. Who knows what they might do? Wake up a lot of people to the sacrifices they are making?

My wife says that Americans have forgotten 9/11. That's an understatement. It's like it never even happened.