Getting back to the thread I would think that all the leaders of democratic western states found themselfs in the "almost" position because the situation was so unclear.
Unfortunatly the only peope who grasped with both situation with both hands was the "security" industry, they saw the chance to charge big money for putting lots of low paid numptys at airport security gates!
What we need now is for someone in government to turn on these people who ramp up the paranoia for personal proffit and get airport security back to a resonable level.