Who are they really after?

The FBI acknowledged Wednesday it improperly accessed Americans' telephone records, credit reports and Internet traffic in 2006, the fourth straight year of privacy abuses resulting from investigations aimed at tracking terrorists and spies.

Get serious here folks. Any evil-doer in the world already knows that their telephone, e-mail, and ever regular mail communications are being monitored, and they act accordingly.
The only people the FBI(DHS) are going after are ordinary Americans who have nothing to do with terrorism.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080305/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/senate_fbi

Not protecting America

Since the creation of the TSA it is reported that 31 million dollars of airline passangers personal belongings have been stolen.
http://www.boingboing.net/2008/03/01/31-million-worth-of.html

Just remember two things here folks.
As easy as it is to steal from your baggage it is just as easy to put something in them. Drugs, bombs, whatever.
Second, the TSA and DHS was never meant to protect America or Americans. These are just two more levels of goverment bureauracy to give political allies government jobs. There are only so many ambassadorships available.