Mr. bin Laden, you're clear to fly

Well, I surely had a good laugh reading this article.

However, on a more serious note,- if what is stated there is true, if as of January 2004 Osama Bin Laden was still not flagged to be immediately detained lest he attempt to board an airliner in the US,- maybe we've got a problem. Maybe we as citizens should stop thinking that the fact that the authorities are allegedly on the case in and of itself is a guarantee that somebody is actually enganged in any meaningful counter-terrorism activity.