The 'Israelification' of airports: High security, little bother

[pauldun170]

http://www.thestar.com/news/world/ar...-little-bother

[Homeslice]

"To us, it doesn't matter if he's black, white, young or old. It's just his behaviour.

Sure.

[KSGregman]

"But, what can you do? Americans and Canadians are nice people and they will do anything because they were told to do so and because they don't know any different."

Dead....fucking....on....and it's SICKENING.

[Homeslice]

"Even today with the heightened security in North America, they will check your items to death.

Huh?

The only "check" they get is through the scanner. 99.9% of our bags are never hand-checked or sniffed for explosives.

This is just more "We are Israelis, we are badass" talk. But I'm sure it will be received well by teabaggers in America, who secretly dream of being some kind of badass Mossad commando.

[KSGregman]

Originally Posted by Homeslice

Huh?

The only "check" they get is through the scanner. 99.9% of our bags are never hand-checked or sniffed for explosives.

This is just more "We are Israelis, we are badass" talk. But I'm sure it will be received well by teabaggers in America, who secretly dream of being some kind of badass Mossad commando.

That is retarded...Why take such a close minded attitude to other approaches to airport "security?"

Do you REALLY think strip searching Grandma is going to prevent terrorists attacks? Or do you think, though you are loath to admit it, that paying more attention to the types of people who have attacked us in the past might make sense?

[Kaneman]

Originally Posted by KSGregman

that paying more attention to the types of people who have attacked us in the past might make sense?

You mean like Govt' officials?

[KSGregman]

Originally Posted by Kaneman

You mean like Govt' officials?

[Homeslice]

Just pointing out errors in the article.

And we DO pay attention to the types of people who have attacked us in the past. That's how we create the no-fly list. By analyzing people who come from certain countries, or have suspicious travel patterns or connections to certain organizations.

I see no need to supplement that by pulling aside people just because they "look like an Arab" or are wearing a turban.

If you really want to improve security, install chemical sniffers that operate 24/7. Not just on 0.1% of bags.

[KSGregman]

"The questions aren't important.The way people act when they answer them is," Sela said.

This

Officers are looking for nervousness or other signs of "distress" — behavioural profiling.

This

Sela rejects the argument that profiling is discriminatory. "The word 'profiling' is a political invention by people who don't want to do security."

This

Originally Posted by Homeslice

I see no need to supplement that by pulling aside people just because they "look like an Arab" or are wearing a turban.

Not this

Originally Posted by Homeslice

If you really want to improve security, install chemical sniffers that operate 24/7. Not just on 0.1% of bags.

Or this

[Homeslice]

Originally Posted by KSGregman

Not this



Or this

Why don't you feel chemical sniffers would be valuable (assuming they worked and could be set up to operate continuously)?

And I'd say I've probably only had my bags checked 2-3% of the time.