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Old Dec 7, 2010 | 12:44 pm
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"The word 'profiling' is a political invention by people who don't want to do security," he said. "To us, it doesn't matter if he's black, white, young or old. It's just his behavior. So what kind of privacy am I really stepping on when I'm doing this?"

"First, it's fast — there's almost no line. That's because they're not looking for liquids, they're not looking at your shoes. They're not looking for everything they look for in North America. They just look at you," said Sela.

That's the process — six layers, four hard, two soft.

Israelis have a different attitude towards terror. They are accustomed to living with it. Citizens trust their security people.

“You can't say the same thing about Americans and Canadians. They don't trust anybody," Sela said. "But they say, 'So far, so good'. 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."
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