> Couldn't that describe anyone that was planning on moving, working, or doing business (as in making deals with companies there while operating in the U.S.) th

> Couldn't that describe anyone that was planning on moving, working, or doing business (as in making deals with companies there while operating in the U.S.) there? Yes, it could. Short of perfect intelligence, we can't know who is planning to do something bad on a plane. Suppose that we had some markers that were more common among folks who were more likely to cause problems. What should we do? I've often thought that there should be a statutory payment to anyone who gets searched, wiretapped, what have you, regardless of the outcome of the search or the reason for doing it. Since those searches are for "our" benefit, why shouldn't we pay the folks who are being inconvenienced?