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10/21/2003 Archived Entry: "Student charged in airline box cutter scare"

SO WHAT IS THE TSA GOOD FOR?: Nathaniel Heatwole apparently left his terrorist prize packs -- consisting of box cutters, bleach, strike-anywhere matches and modeling clay resembling plastic explosives -- on Southwest Airlines jet liners over a month ago.

As James Bovard points out in Terrorism and Tyranny, which I'll be reviewing for ESR in the next issue, airport security is probably no better now than it was before September 11, 2001.

Read on.