Good understandable points, but this is America, where I am allowed (nay, I have the RIGHT) to believe in whatever I darn well please AND be innocent before being PROVED guilty without incrimination.

It is the TSA's fault and more to the point our fault, because we've allowed them to pull this secret mumbo-jumbo stuff over us, without an adequate system in place that allows for appeals and transparency. This is an American citizen who served his country in its military and he can't get a straight answer as to why he's on some secret list at the risk of losing his livelihood. Today it's him, tomorrow it will be you, and at some point it will be all of us for whatever whims our overlords decide upon.

The point should not be "who comes from where with what kind of history" which might make sense today, but rather "where and what will these procedures lead to next?" Tyrannies are created in the name of safety.