[DennisR]

True, but there is absolutely no comparison between the amount of air travel in Israel and that in the United States. It is like comparing Home Depot to the corner hardware store.

[rarestia]

I think one point that could be taken out of this is that the Israelis TRUST their government to protect them. This simple point is paradoxical to the American experience. It is paradoxical in that we distrust the government to protect us yet that is one of the Federal government’s purposes according to the Constitution.

If airport screening was handled by a competent government with the security of the people being its sole concern and sans unions of any type, I believe America would again be one of the safest places in the world. Sadly, we can’t even stop the flood of immigrants over our southern borders, further jeopardizing our safety.

Obama’s going to do something, but it’s not anything we’re going to enjoy.

[rahbert]

B-G is pretty intensely crowded and busy. Its the only
air hub for the country which puts in the same class as
any major league US airport. And if Israeli style survellance can work at one terminal it can work at all.

Israelis feel that they have a stake in this, whereas
TSA view it as a job. Of course, the average Israeli
working security is in a different league than the average TSA screener. You can’t train for passion, you can only
screen applicants for it.

[JPG]

I'm sure that the Israeli's could be consulted as to how to expand and use their security operations to our much busier airports. When the choices are blown-up airplanes with lots of dead people or safety, the answer should be...we will do whatever it takes.