[Chuck54]

It was the second policy reversal in as many days for the president...........

I would not consider it a policy reversal for the President so much as a policy reversal for all Americans.

Just hope some joker doesn't slip through, kill several thousand again, and the Democrats try to blame GWB for NOT doing enough.

I don't feel quite as safe w/o the Patriot Act. Could be in the minority in this, but I think most Americans feel the same.

[inquest]

Just hope some joker doesn't slip through, kill several thousand again, and the Democrats try to blame GWB for NOT doing enough.

You mean like when the FBI gets a call from a flight school saying that one of its Middle Eastern students only wants to learn about flying and not landing, and has been displaying other suspicious patterns, and the FBI utterly fails to follow up on that?