{"id":2436,"date":"2010-11-20T07:25:28","date_gmt":"2010-11-20T07:25:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=2436"},"modified":"2010-11-20T07:25:28","modified_gmt":"2010-11-20T07:25:28","slug":"an_interesting_idea_on_airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=2436","title":{"rendered":"An Interesting Idea On Airport Security"},"content":{"rendered":"

There seems to be a lot of unhappiness right now about the recent measures added to the airport screening process in America.  The New York Post<\/a> recently posted an op-ed column on the subject by Michael Totten, an independent foreigh correspondent who does a lot of traveling in the Middle East.<\/p>\n

Mr. Totten points out that in Israel, a country that is under constant threat of terrorism, there is profiling–but it is not racial.  As an author who travels through the Middle East regularly to both Israel and Arab countries, Mr. Totten is routinely questioned closely when he flies out of an Israeli airport because of the various stamps on his passport.  <\/p>\n

Mr. Totten points out:<\/p>\n

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“The system has  its advantages, though, aside from the fact that no one looks or reaches into anyone’s pants. Israelis don’t use security theater to make passengers feel like they’re safe.  They use real security measures to ensure that travelers actually are safe.  Even when suicide bombers exploded themselves almost daily in Israeli cities, not a single one managed to get through that airport.”<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

There are a few problems with trying to import this method to the United States–we are a much bigger country with many more airports.  To put the Israeli program in place would require much more intensive training of TSA agents (similar to the training of border patrol agents or customs officials).  I am reminded of  the fact that the Millennium Bomber was caught because a United States customs inspector, Diana Dean, decided to have a secondary Customs search of Ahmed Ressam’s car performed, based on the way that Ressam was acting–not due to any racial profiling or increased searches due to terrorist threats.<\/p>\n

On a recent cross country flight, as we sat in the waiting area after going through security, a drug or explosive-sniffing dog moved around the waiting area.  It would be interesting to know how effective that is and if it could be more widely used.  As I waited to catch a ferry in southern New Jersey a number of years ago, there were police dogs roaming the parking lot.  I believe they were bomb-sniffing dogs, but I am not sure. <\/p>\n

It does seem that there are alternatives to the current security measures being used at our airports.  We need a system that works, that realistically profiles and does not waste the time or invade the privacy of young children, little old ladies (as a little old lady, I like my privacy!), and other non-threatening groups..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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