Originally Posted by chollie

With apologies, RadioGirl, I'm going to pull one line out of your quote:

IOW, the AFS crowd think they're getting 'Israeli-style' security for cheap, 'cause everyone knows the Israelis have the strictest airport security in the world, and they do it by asking lots of questions and observing people closely.

(Never mind that Israeli security experts have looked at TSA's El Cheap-o quickie version of their security protocol and said it doesn't work - hey, what do they know, anyway? They just don't recognize American exceptionalism).