Terror 'Dry Runs': Not Really

Remember that ominous TSA bulletin a couple of weeks ago about inspections turning up blocks of cheese and clay-like substances with wires attached to them? This was supposed to be evidence of possible "dry runs" of terrorist attacks. Well, it turns out that all of the incidents in question actually were false alarms, according to sources ranging from CNN (via The Raw Story -- check out the video where the 66-year-old woman describes being interrogated about whether she knows Osama bin Laden personally) to the San Diego Union-Tribune. If TSA's goal is to make Americans take the threat of another attack involving American airliners more seriously, and to have confidence that its efforts protect the public from genuine threats, then it looks like they've succeeded in doing exactly the opposite.