At the security checkpoint in SFO airport, all four men take cautious maintain their composure as they pass through security. Security measures are still strict, but National Guardsmen had been removed for over a month, and DNP guidelines have been relaxed to a degree, mostly from complaints of profiling by Muslim organizations. The carry-on luggage of the four men is not opened and searched as it would have been 1 month ago. The four men proceed through security, one by one, without raising the suspicion of DNP personnel. As the plane shuts the door and begins to taxi to the runway, bin Arshad closes his eyes and whispers to himself, "Allah Ackbar!"