So far, thistrippartlyresembles the Inception phaseofan iterativedevelopmentproject: it'scommon to have afewrelease-defining (primary) featuresandseveralsecondaryor nice-to-do features.
In addition, Mr. Abdulmutallab's cash purchase of a round-trip ticket didn't trigger any secondary screening, calling into question the efficacy of the system that is supposed to spot passengers who are acting suspiciously and may be threats.