A Stitch in Haste

I'm not at all a baseball fan, but even I know the first rule of hitting, handed down from Wee Willie Keeler:

Hit 'em where they ain't!
To whatever extent the threat against New York City's subway system is credible (a question that is apparently now hotly debated), the terrorists kept this simple rule in mind when they plotted to plant explosives in baby carriages and briefcases. Those two personal accoutrements have been almost completely ignored by the city's dubious random search program, which -- up until now -- had focused almost exclusively on backpacks.

I have not in any way changed my view that the subway search program is not only unconstitutional but also just plain stupid. Now we have even more evidence of the latter.

So, to review: another Fourth Amendment constitutional protection has been eroded, for the sake of a warm fuzzy feeling program that has had exactly zero effectiveness, and now perhaps has even demonstrated negative effectiveness.

Why don't I feel safer?