The problem is that we'll never get back to pre-9/11 days--not even close. They'll give us plenty of small steps in that direction, but nothing significant. As I've always said, the point of all of this theater is to make it perfectly clear that The Man is in charge. There are examples of this all over the place. After people have finally gotten that drilled into their heads, then they can start giving us little baby steps back toward the pre-911 days, and people will think it's a great deal, but only because they've gotten so used to the way things currently are.