What we are doing in Ben Gurion is an operation that is not being done in any other airport in the world. Not in the United States, not in Britain, not in Germany, not anywhere.” It is not done in America, because of, dare I say it? PC. The Israelis profile people. PC will not allow us to do that. Babies and 90 year old grand mothers get searched before muzzies do.
The reason given for not using Israeli type security in the US is there are just too many people flying, unlike Israel where the small number of fliers makes that system work.
With millions flying everyday in the US, security wait times would not be minutes or hours, but days ...