I think that there needs to be a line drawn between Middle-eastern men who are actually from the middle-east (i.e.: carrying a middle-eastern passport) and Americans of Arab descent. The latter should be treated no better or worse than white anglo-saxons from Alabama to Wyoming. If these men pose a greater risk then so be it-they are United States citizens and are guaranteed all the protections of the U.S. Constitution. But a foreign national from the Middle-east should be--and will be--scrutinized much more closely than the elderly grandma from Schenectedy. If that's seen as racist then so be it.

Regards, Vince

P.S.: A TSA question: should American citizens be allowed to carry guns or knives on flights originating in the United States? (That should get the juices flowing!)