TEN YEARS AGO ON INSTAPUNDIT: I talk about why air security is a joke. “Now the security precautions they’re taking are a joke — managing to be completely inadequate yet heavily intrusive. The most successful line of defense on and since 9/11 has been angry passengers, not those professionals.”

Plus this: “Organizations that succeed — especially in wartime — do so by ensuring that bad news gets to the top. Eisenhower made a big point of that in World War Two. The Vietnamese made a big point of it when they were fighting us. The suppression of bad news and the concealment of failure are the hallmarks of dysfunctional organizations. Look at the security establishment, and see where it fits in, based on the evidence so far.”