ACLU - Working Against The Safety of Americans

The ACLU has almost become a parody of themselves in their efforts to work against the best interests of the country. Here's their latest effort:

The New York Civil Liberties Union will file suit against the city Thursday to keep police from searching the bags of passengers entering the subway, organization lawyers said.

The suit, which will be filed in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, will claim that the two-week old policy violates constitutional guarantees of equal protection and prohibitions against unlawful searches and seizures, while doing almost nothing to shield the city from terrorism.

It argues that the measure also allows the possibility for racial profiling, even though officers are ordered to randomly screen passengers.

"While concerns about terrorism of course justify -- indeed, require -- aggressive police tactics, those concerns cannot justify the Police Department's unprecedented policy of subjecting millions of innocent people to suspicionless searches," states the suit, a partial copy of which was provided to Newsday.

I don't understand their panic about bag searches on subways. You can't get on an airplane in this country without undergoing a very invasive search, and in fact you can't get into Disneyland without undergoing a bag search. The search at Disneyland isn't random, either - they search 100% of the bags coming into the park.

The ACLU needs to grow up and recognize some realities about what we're up against in this country. In light of the recent London bombings, it's just mind boggling to think any organization, except those sympathetic to terrorists, could oppose bag searches on subways.

Come to think of it, maybe I just identified the real motive behind this lawsuit.