Boston Marathon bombing-do people think the race security might have been less than useful?

From what I've seen today, two ordinary-looking young men with backpacks simply shed their backpacks against the buildings and strolled away. There was nothing about them to cause suspicion. There were simply too many people there to check what everyone was carrying.

Even in airports, all those security people are basically window dressing. While the odds of them nabbing a clever bomber are small, they will catch the deranged idiots, and they just might trip over one of the brighter ones. Poor odds are better than none at all, so even though it costs us a fortune to staff the airports, I'll pay my share for the illusion that I'm safer.

I was wondering about the people who saw someone drip a large package right in front of them and then run off. They just stood there. Are they nuts? Bad last decision.

The other total waste of huge piles of OUR money is all the other "security" or "police" in every other city holding parades for the cameras protecting that they are "protecting" the people. Total waste of resources. Close the barn door! The horse has gotten out!

Homeland security should be ashamed, their budget cut, and the money distributed to local law enforcement so they can replace all the pepper spray they wasted on 80 year old grandmothers during the Occupy movement.

It's almost impossible to protect every inch of that race? Maybe surveillance cameras should be put up in the future?