Shortly after that Nigerian nitwit tried to blow up a U.S. airliner on Christmas Day, I was listening to a talk radio program discussing the federal government’s response and all the new security procedures airline passengers will inevitably be asked to endure: more questioning at the security checkpoint, less freedom of movement on the plane, full-body frisks, millimeter-wave scans peering under your clothes. The host of the program asked her guests, “Will citizens of the United States really put up with procedures so invasive?”
