Originally Posted by
halls120
Israel has five airports, a longstanding well-trained security force, and a country that has been in a state of perpetual vigilance since 1948.
Oh, and according to securitymanagement.com, "The strategy is based off an Israeli model, although U.S. behavior detection officers receive less training than their Israeli counterparts."
I don't doubt that fact and the level of screening is less than that in Israel. There has to be a compromise between efficiency and effectiveness. If this is it, I have no idea, but a standard has been set by a nation facing the same threats that we fear.