WaPo: Israeli Airport Security More Effective, Less Intrusive

If this doesn’t frustrate you as the TSA agent messes with “your stuff,” nothing will. The Washington Post points out that Israel has “the world’s most stringent airport-security procedures,” but it’s relatively hassle-free for most compared to what we’re facing here. The Israeli system is not perfect, and those who want to hold it up as being vastly superior on civil liberties are not telling you the whole truth. But it would be an improvement on what we have. Be sure to read the whole piece. An excerpt:

“Israel’s approach allows most travelers to pass through airport security with relative ease. But Israeli personnel do single out small numbers of passengers for extensive searches and screening, based on profiling methods that have so far been rejected in the United States, subjecting Arabs and, in some cases, other foreign nationals to an extensive screening that comes with a steep civil liberties price.”