How the TSA shakes down a fully armed squad

[sandie]

Originally Posted by Pressing-On

Profiling or a pat-down seem equally intrusive, so, IMO, it's not much of an arguable difference.

Israel's security methods are not based solely on ethnic or religious profiling. They also include behavioral patterns, previous intelligence and travel information. The moment someone purchases a ticket, a background check is done.

Israeli security procedures:

• Entering the terminal, the vehicle is stopped by security to ask a couple of basic questions - "Whey are you coming from and what is the purpose of your visit?" If someone acts nervous, they are pulled aside.
  
• Inside the terminal - passengers pass by another set of security agents who are checking for suspicious behavior.
  
• Proceeding to the check-out counter - questions are asked while the travel documents are checked - "How long will you be in Israel?, Did you pack your own bags? Why are your visiting?". They are looking, again, for suspicious behavior.
  
• The passenger then goes through a metal detector and their luggage goes through X-ray.

I was reading that a woman from Australia felt profiled, but when they searched her luggage, she had a keffiyeh tucked away. They asked her if she knew what it was and she simply said, "Yes, they sell these all over Jerusalem." She then was offended when they said, "Yes, but do you realize what this represents? This is a symbol calling for the end of Israel."

The arguments, in the US, are that the Israeli procedures are time consuming and costly, because we have more airports, and that there would be negative implications for Americans involving diplomatic and economic relations in other countries.

They tell us to submit, it's for our own protection, if not you're getting fined to the tune of 11,000 dollars...but...but....what will really make us safe would have negative implications towards foreign relations...says the PC maniacs.
The death of common sense has brought us thus far......