The Good Old Days

I was just reading the news:

The U.S. government imposed its tightest security ever Friday on airlines flying from several destinations in Europe and Africa after a raid on a suspected terrorist group...

Many of the measures have been kept secret for security reasons and will not be apparent to passengers, but officials said they included body checks, thorough inspection of all hand luggage and tighter scrutiny of checked luggage. Airlines were also told to scan gels, aerosols and liquids that could be explosives in disguise.

The world really changed on 9/11, didn't it? Only the story above came from an article in the International Herald Tribune from February of 1995. It's interesting to note that we weren't all encouraged to cower in fear of the terrorists then and to trust big brother government to protect us. They just did it without any fanfare. It's also interesting to note that the article mentions the arrest, extradition and trial of Ramzi Ahmed Yousef, the mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Center bombings.

See how international justice and the rule of law used to work before the age of the neocon?