More Government Regulation

Megan McArdle at The Atlantic: TSA Fails to Intercept Terrorist; We Pay the Price:

I don't know what annoys me more: Janet Napolitano saying "the system worked" when what she means is "the system failed, but smart passengers proved that the system is unnecessary", or the moronic new rules the TSA is apparently putting into place in order to "prevent" future such occurances.

Solving airline security falls to two bureaucracies TSA and DHS. It does not surprise me that they swing at the airline security nail with the only hammer they've got: more government regulation.