Gigabucks for war, but safe cargo "undue economic burden."

“Airplane passengers must be assured that any cargo on a passenger jet will not pose a terrorist threat,” said Senator Joseph I. Lieberman, independent of Connecticut, who now leads the Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee. “But we must achieve these goals in an efficient manner to allow for the free flow of commerce without placing undue economic burdens on importers or bringing air traffic to a standstill.”

Seaports? Fergidaboutem. In Miami the other day they blew up a box of sprinkler parts destined for a cruise ship because it tested positive for C4 (so did the ship sail with a broken sprinkler system then? Who knows?), which pretty much tells you how shaped up we are in that department.