Did Political Correctness Cause 9/11?

I don't think so. A report released by MSNBC today details a recently declassified document about Michael Tuohey, a former "ticket agent" of US Airway, and his suspicions of Mohammed Atta as he hurried through the Portland International Jetport to rendezvous with the other terrorists responsible for the attacks on the World Trade Center.

Over at the Captain's Quarter Captain Ed commented on this report by saying that political correctness caused 9/11. This couldn't be farther from the truth, it might have been a reaction of the "ticket agent" to suspect Atta but a "ticket agent" isn't given nearly the amount of training in profiling that a security agent might get at the TSA.

I have highlighted "ticket agent" because Captain Ed keeps referring to Michael Tuohey as a security agent and as such should have acted on his suspicions because of the training he would have received if Michael was in fact a security agent. But, Michael Tuohey was not a security agent he was just a plain old "ticket agent" trained to check passports and smile.

I personally wish that Mike had been a security agent because then maybe he would have had the additional training in profiling and would have acted on his gut feeling. The events of 9/11 could have been stopped many of times prior to the hijackers entering the airport and it seems a little far stretched to place the final outcome square on the shoulders of political correctness.