Originally Posted by murphy
As far as I can see, the only country that is at the same - actually higher - level of risk as the US is Israel. While I agree El Al security is likely more competent and effective, they are also significantally more intrusive.
I believe the US is the second-most hated country in the world right now.
I think there's a false assumption here that the most-hated countries are also necessarily the most at risk of terrorist attack. Of course, the belief that this is so helps to underpin the ineffective excesses of the TSA.