Did Boeing make a splash or what?

This page is relishing a brief ray of sanity during our new dark ages. It could be that the Bush Administration is heartened by the gathering rumours of the death of Osama Bin Laden, or their realization that the human body is 70% water. Either way, the Department of Homeland Security and the Transportation Safety Agency are allowing liquids and gels on commercial flights as carry-on items again.

Since 9/11, have there have been any credible threats to commercial aviation in North America? Once you've sealed the cockpit door, put an armed air marshall on every flight, and racially profiled the passenger list, face it, anything else is politics. This time around, it looks like the politics of fear have reverted to the good ol' fashioned politics of pork. If Washington is looking for a deal on a high-tech border security system, would it not help to offer a company with a vested interest in commercial aviation a break at the security gates?