CHANGES SINCE SEPT. 11 ARE DISTURBING

As Americans are increasingly becoming subjected to even more intrusive and
undignified security measures at our airports, I've yet to read or hear of
one report of catching a single terrorist. We have caught a lot of
Americans trying to transport illegal drugs. Maybe our war on terror and
war on drugs are really a war on Americans.

As our airports more and more resemble those of communist nations and Nazi
Germany, our intelligence communities have detained and interrogated
thousands of Americans, based on a racial profile.

Meanwhile, in this time of blind patriotism, no one seems to be appalled
that President Bush is shaking the nuclear stick as America contemplates
war with Iraq, at the same time our military is involved in the affairs of
Bosnia, Colombia, the former Soviet Republic of Georgia, the Philippines
and Afghanistan. Someday our government's reaction to Sept. 11 could be
recorded in history as more horrific than the Sept. 11 attacks themselves.

Mel McKeague