[algernonpj]

The only reason the US doesn’t emulate them is pure PC crap and nothing else.

Absolutely.

What I like about El Al's approach is that they catch not only those on the terror watch lists, also those who have recently traveled to Muslim countries for 'training', converts who don't fit the traditional Jihadist profile, e.g. blond blue-eyed man name Patrick O'Reilly, and those who are duped into carrying 'gifts' in their luggage.

Everyone is treated the same.

You don't have to get partially undressed to fly.

And, IIRC anyone who not allowed to fly EL AL is very courteously assisted in getting a flight on another airline.

[Scanian]

The goofballs who think that profiling is “racial” need to realize that there are millions of light-skinned Muslims from places like Bosnia, Albania, and Chechnya who can “pass” for white Americans and slip through easily if not screened properly. Some of the photos published of the Ft. Hood killer, Hasan, look mighty European to me though he is a Jordanian Arab.

It isn’t race and it really isn’t religion that is the problem - it is ideology. El Al seems to do an incredible job of keeping the kooks out. I’m sure that the vast majority of them know better than to even try.