their modous operandi, and no constant overwatch, no armed presence there that could be the deterrent or the immediate response. if someone gets through the screening point, and 100 feet down on the concourse, that s not a situation you want to have. we were very looky this was an individual and not multiple people, bus it could have been much, much worse. jeff, this covers the sterile area. once you get past tsa, into the gate, into the plane. but what about the area before that? major airports, like hartfield, there s shopping, restaurants, and hundreds, maybe thousands of people. should there be a check when you drive up to the terminal? should there be a check before you go in? what about that area? you know, that s a great question. and i m one of the people advocating for a long time that if you want to make the airport secure, what are you trying to protect? are you trying to protect airplanes or are you trying to protect the people?
guns? absolutely. you know, they re at a very vital point of airport security. they should be properly trained and be armed at that point, so that they re not somewhat sitting ducks there. i mean, the whole notion or concept that you re screening for weapons and you could encounter one by someone of ill intent and not able to respond to him, is ludicrous. what happened today was the law enforcement people at l.a.x., the l.a.x. police, the people that are trained at the airport to intervene, did that. and they saved a lot of lives. let s bring in jeffrey beady, a former cia counterterrorism officer and helps set up security for l.a.x. jeff, you re joining us from boston. good morning to you. good morning, allison, good morning victor. i l.a.x. (unintelligible) j uft to set the record straight on that one. okay.