I was curious to see that the FBI didn't think that this was an act of terrorism. I'm not sure what criteria they use to reach that conclusion.

Nonetheless, your comments are spot-on, Steve. The airplane was unfortunately the vector for this guy's malice, but it was hardly the most effective one he could have chosen. I guess it's better that he didn't have an RV, which he surely would have packed full of explosives and detonated outside the building.

I, for one, am in agreement that Sharky's post is nothing more than fear mongering. If he really wanted to discuss the subject, he would allow comments which, so far, he hasn't.

At the end of the day, no amount of TSA screening would have helped to avert this. Does the TSA look into our mood when we walk through those scanners? No. Unless he took a weapon or more than 8oz of liquid with him, they would have ushered him right through and said "thank you" to boot.

It is both sad and unfortunate that this happened at all. While we might not ever know the full reason why he did it, I suspect a mentally unstable merely made a political statement about the IRS wanting his property. It likely only made sense in his head.

You want my house? I'll burn it down.
You want my plane? I'll bring it to you
tough to collect if I'm dead and my stuff is gone.. take that IRS!

I'm not agreeing with him. Heck, I don't even understand how he could do it. I'm just putting forward a simple theory to the "why" in all of this.

Rather than spin our wheels enacting useless scanning techniques, lets put our energy into helping the victims and witnesses and families involved.

-Mike