Personally, I don't believe that American Airlines flight 587 was an "accident". I think we are being told it was so that more people will fly during the holidays. I would like to see federal employees doing the screening at airports. Those of us who travel a great deal won't feel safe until we see well trained, competent people doing the screening. I like the idea of using the highly experienced intelligence agents who are no longer on active duty. They would have the kind of training and experience that is necessary for this important task.
Also, since a number of airport security badges are missing, all new color coded badges should be issued, and the old badges should be made invalid.