In response to the current airport security measures, my good buddy George writes:
Every time I take off my shoes, and now, when I have to travel carry-on/gel/liquid free and suck back breast milk in front of a TSA employee, I can't help but feel that, somewhere, a would-be terrorist is laughing at me.
and David Malki illustrates roughly the same sentiment on his comic, Wondermark!, featuring an imagine Al Qaeda terror nrainstorming session:


Isn't this connected with what Michael Moore described as generating a "climate of fear"?