Remove everyones clothes, perform a cavity search, x-ray everyone and don't allow carry-on luggage.
Then the terrorists will place a bomb in the checked luggage with a timer or barometric switch....
Profile, profile, profile........
Israel profiles and it works.
You pay to fly so it is the airlines rules that should apply. If Continental wants to profile, it is their right to do so.
It'll have to be something the sniffers can't detect. Or be checked at a smaller airport that has no sniffers, and be well, or at least somewhat, disguised.