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

This article is to bolster my comments on another thread when I was asked, in response to my tirades against the TSA security procedures, "What alternate plan can you give", and I suggested the Israeli model.

The reporter talks with Rafi Sela, who is the president of AR Challenges, a global transportation security consultancy. He's worked with the RCMP, the US Navy Seals and airports around the world.

He thinks our methods of security are "mindboggling". The Israeli system protects life and limb without annoying you to death.

Security in Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport as not been breached since 2002, when a passenger carried a handgun onto a flight in error.

How do they do this without taking naked pictures of the passengers or groping their genitals?

In our country, somehow it's more "politically correct" to grope the genitals of your children than it is to "profile" the prospective fliers.

Read this fine article if you'd like to know how airport security should work.


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

RichieLion, I'm 100% with you on this one. Right at this minute I'm at the Admiral's Club at Tokyo's Narita Airport waiting for a flight home from a business trip. Unfortunately, what you notice here in Japan, and in Taiwan and Korea, is that these Asian countries seem to always follow the US model. When the US decided to ban liquids (ridiculous in my opinion), the Asian countries I travel to all did the same the very next day! Many times I have experienced the Israeli method of screening passengers, and it's quite interesting. Yes, they definitely profile terrorists. It's ridiculous to think that the TSA can "protect" us without profiling terrorists. Every passenger getting on an Israeli airplane goes through an interview, sometime more than one, with a no-nonsense, professional interviewer who asks very direct questions (politely, but directly) which require you answer directly. The eye contact is scary, actually. It feels intrusive, but there are no personal questions that I can remember. Mostly questions concerning what do you do, where have you been, where are you going, are you nervous, etc. You would have to be well trained to get by those guys. I really wish the US would pay attention to the Israelis on this, but due to the "profiling issue" our government is afraid. I think political correctness will cost US lives in the long run, and I'm not happy about it. That's it for me - any more comments and we'll get sent to Political!

collie
 

It is my understanding that there is NO profiling because EVERYONE is asked the same question in Israel security, correct me if I'm wrong...

I agree! I am a retired airline pilot and once had an Israeli security officer explain that The US looks for wepons and we look for Terrorists

There are several layers of security, Some are picked for more, some get less.
They DO profile.

Sorry, it's not profiling to body search grandmothers and small children. It's just a waste of time and money.

Profiling is a legitimate and effective method of screening. I agree with previous poster that political correctness will destroy USA.

I've not yet traveled to Israel...BUT having said that, have read (and heard) their security system is "state of the art" and very effective. I concur that the U.S. could/should take some pointers from them.

My question here is "wonder 'IF' the U.S. Government will have a re-do of how they're doing things at the airports??

A little humor
 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_mJd...ayer_embedded#!

Don't think of profiling as merely a country of origin or racial thing; it is also a profiling of actions and reactions and behaviors.

I have also heard and read that the Israeli system is better. Other than "profiling" concerns, the main reason I've read that it would not be workable here is the sheer number of flights and passengers we have compared to Israel. It would bring gridlock to our passenger terminals.

Summed up in a one liner from bmarlo:
 

"...The US looks for weapons and we look for Terrorists..."

btk

The US does not profile the post was about Israel's security system
 

The US does not profile, The post was about Israel's security system

Do you think that terrorist groups WOULD NOT use grandmothers and children to transport bombs into airports? I personally think they would. Specially if they knew that grandmothers and children were not screened.

If you were right, and profiling techniques would not detect "grandmothers and children", how do you explain the lack of "grandmother and children" bombers at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv?

People are hung up on racial stereotypes when profiling is discussed. It is also country of origin, flying status, behavior, actions, reactions, eye contact and their air of suspiciousness that get you more scrutiny in Israel.

This has to be analyzed with a clear head and an open mind. The machines we have are already obsolete to the future of terrorism with bombs inserted in body cavities and surgically implanted.

There is no other way than to use intelligent profiling to detect the threat. It's not perfect, but then nothing is.