By the way, one of the things I find most interesting about the article cited by the OP is that it was published in the Jerusalem Post. I only wish we could see similar articles in papers of equivalent national stature in the US. It both gave vivid anecdotes of the harm done by the current system and thoughtful explainations of the reason why things are done than way, and the difficulty of finding a balance. The sign of a true democracy, where the press can publish things like that, and the sign of an educated society, where people will listen to both sides.

With two or three exceptions, the articles here on airport security are quite shallow, generally of the "think of the chidren" or "trust the TSA, they're implementing new technology and adding more people to make it all better" variety.