August 16, 2005

Fighting the Last Hijackers - New York Times

Tierney is correct. Israel knows how to do airport security. I know I've been there. We did not do it correctly by creating the TSA. This is a jobs program and does little or nothing to prevent terrorists from their trade.

"'...It became this centralized risk-averse organization trying to create a cookie-cutter model for all the airports in America,' he said. He praised the T.S.A. screeners, but added: 'The billions being spent aren't buying more security because they're looking at things rather than at people. Rather than treating every airline passenger as a potential terrorist, you should husband your resources and concentrate on the higher-risk passengers.'"

Screeners should be trained to profile people. Yes, profile them and at the same time, tell the ACLU to go pound sand.

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