I personally think it's foolish to believe that letting our government search us harder and ignore the liberties they exist to protect will make us any safer. I mean I understand how allowing law enforcement more power suggests a safer country, but in reality a cunning terrorist will reearch and evade whatever the protection method is, and danger is an inescapable part of life. Did Germany's fasicm protect it's citizens from English/ American/French carpet bombing during world war II (bringin that up only cause the nazi's serve as a example of anti-civil liberty order taken to the extreme, german's still died in what could have been called "terrorist attacks" by allied forces and hardcore jews and natives)

And really if your bag gets searched no big deal, I agree,, but laws that let that happen are the start of a slippery slope towards a populace that let's it's governmnet hold people without being charged (only terrorists, of course) and daily harrasment by an unchecked government. It's the citizen's job to keep governmnet in it's place, I see the ACLU as taking that to the extreme, (sometimes stupid extremes, usually things I'm thankful someone's fighting for) possibly so extreme in response to the average american not giving a fuck.

"Those who would trade liberty for security deserve neither" << a terrorist (aka a forefather I can't recall who)