Originally Posted by hal1050

Since you clearly imagine you're right about everything, why on earth would you feel faint about being validated by someone other than other TSA agents and hiltonhead?

Nothing you said "went clear over my head either". On the other hand, what I said went clear over your head since there are obviously more than just two possible ways of screening air passengers other than the way TSA and El Al do it. Do Israelis use what American Airlines accepted as appropriate screening for their airports in Israel? No. Their methods are designed for their situation, their culture, their laws. The problem is that your methods and treatment of the public don't represent what's appropriate for a "free" society or passengers wouldn't be having these conversations about you people daily on here. Your answer to everything is "same of more and how dare you question authority." TOugh cheese, you still live in a society where the fourth amendment has been been all but overturned but the first one hasn't been damaged as much, so that's how that goes.