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Title: Why Israel's Air Security Model Wouldn't Work In The USA
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USA TODAY
URL Source: http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinio ... 010-12-22-editorial22_ST_N.htm
Published: Dec 22, 2010
Author: USA TODAY
Post Date: 2010-12-22 11:35:10 by Brian S
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Views: 8998
Comments: 14
For weary holiday travelers coping with the hassles of airport security, some politicians and TV pundits are peddling a simple solution: Just do what the Israelis do. Several members of Congress are praising "the Israeli model" as an alternative to the U.S. screening process. What the Israelis do "is the way it ought to be done," adds Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee. Fox News' Sean Hannity extols the Israelis because "they target, they profile, and they do not have these body checks." There's no question the Israeli system has been a success in a country beset by terrorist threats and suicide bombers. But if you can count, and if you understand American values, it's easy to see why that system wouldn't translate to the United States. To start with, Israel has one major international airport, Ben Gurion in Tel Aviv, which handles about 11 million passengers a year. The USA has 450 airports, through which 770 million people pass. Put another way, U.S. airports handle more passengers in a single week than Israel — a New Jersey-sized nation with few domestic flights — does in a year. Moreover, in Israel, where screeners are highly trained and El Al pays for much of the security costs, the airline spent about $57 per passenger last year, according to The Washington Post. And in the United States, where the government picks up most of the tab? Less than $7 per passenger. We don't hear the Transportation Security Administration's critics calling for an eightfold increase in this year's $5.3 billion air security budget. Even if volume and cost weren't obstacles, Americans wouldn't put up with such Israeli practices as having to get to the airport as much as four hours ahead of departure, being interrogated at length by airport screeners, or having their luggage confiscated. Everyone still has to pass through metal detectors. Central to Israeli security is ethnic profiling and background checks. While many travelers pass through Israeli airports with minimal scrutiny, Israel singles out Arabs, including many who are Israeli residents, and other foreign nationals for intrusive questioning, screening and searches. In July, Israeli news media reported, former Clinton Cabinet member Donna Shalala, now president of the University of Miami, was detained for more than two hours of questioning because of her Lebanese name. Israelis have been willing to trade both personal privacy and civil liberties for air security. But even after 9/11, many Americans have balked at that trade-off, as a vocal minority made clear in the recent uproar over full-body scanners and enhanced pat-downs. In 2003, a TSA plan to tap into fliers' personal credit card and other data, then assign them security risk ratings, ignited such an outcry that it was scrapped. Nor is it clear that ethnic profiling would work. True, most terror suspects have been young Muslim men. But such profiling would have missed "Jihad Jane," the petite, blond-haired, blue-eyed Philadelphia woman arrested in March for allegedly recruiting Americans and others for terror plots. Or Richard Reid, the white British citizen who tried to blow up an airliner in December 2001 with a shoe bomb. Religious radicalism can infect the brains of people of any complexion or ethnicity. On Tuesday, Attorney General Eric Holder told ABC he's worried about terrorist attacks on the U.S. by Americans. Certainly, it would be helpful if the TSA used more common sense and sophistication than it does now in picking fliers for extra screening. But its critics have to recognize that facile advice about Israel and profiling crumbles under the weight of a single question: How, exactly, would you make that work here?
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#1. To: Brian S (#0)
Liberals not having worked don't grasp the concept of scalability.
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People like you with no reading comprehension can't grasp concepts.
If scalability doesn't work then we couldn't fly so many more flights than tiny Israel. Your argument is that a larger nation should screen everyone because its logistically easier than screening only a portion. You continue to be the LF killer idiot.
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Whoever wrote this is a blithering idiot. No, we don't want the TSA to increase their budget by 8 times. We want the Airlines to be responsible for their own security, like El Al. The airlines have the most to lose if their service isn't safe. They will do the best job at protecting their market, assets and customers. The beltway bumpkins have no sense creativity or imagination. To them, every problem requires a government solution and no matter how inept the government "solution" is, it's the only thing possible we can do, so regardless of all evidence we can't change anything except for throwing more and more money at it. Among other things, this beltway bozo mentality destroyed primary and secondary education in America. Now it's set to destroy everything else, including the internet. This is why we hate the simple-minded beltway politicians, bureaucrats and media so much. This is why they must be completely eradicated if the country is going to survive.
Of course Its akin to saying: Israel has welfare. We should stop all welfare because the US is much larger than Israel.
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Try reading it again, idiot, or have your nurse read it for you. "To start with, Israel has one major international airport, Ben Gurion in Tel Aviv, which handles about 11 million passengers a year. The USA has 450 airports, through which 770 million people pass. Put another way, U.S. airports handle more passengers in a single week than Israel — a New Jersey-sized nation with few domestic flights — does in a year. Moreover, in Israel, where screeners are highly trained and El Al pays for much of the security costs, the airline spent about $57 per passenger last year, according to The Washington Post. And in the United States, where the government picks up most of the tab? Less than $7 per passenger. We don't hear the Transportation Security Administration's critics calling for an eightfold increase in this year's $5.3 billion air security budget. Even if volume and cost weren't obstacles, Americans wouldn't put up with such Israeli practices as having to get to the airport as much as four hours ahead of departure, being interrogated at length by airport screeners, or having their luggage confiscated. Everyone still has to pass through metal detectors." I'll distill it for you, because long paragraphs scare you so. 1) U.S. airports handle more passengers in a single week than Israel — a New Jersey-sized nation with few domestic flights — does in a year. 2) We don't hear the Transportation Security Administration's critics calling for an eightfold increase in this year's $5.3 billion air security budget. 3) Americans wouldn't put up with such Israeli practices as having to get to the airport as much as four hours ahead of departure, being interrogated at length by airport screeners, or having their luggage confiscated. Everyone still has to pass through metal detectors." But other than those small things, it ought to work just fine here, right Whitey?
EL AL : When do we have to arrive at the departure gate? You should be at the departure gate no later than55 minutes before the planned departure time of your flight. http://www.elal.co.il/elal/english/allaboutyourflight/beforeyourflight/earlycheckin.html Dulles Airport: Advice for passengers about wait times in the Main Terminal Please arrive early for your flight: Arrive at least two hours before departure for domestic flights and three hours for international flights .
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Liberals arguing that unfunded programs should not be pursued. LMAO!!! Liberals feel it costs more to screen 100% of a population than 10% or less. You are the LF resident idiot. and liar.
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Idiot, the article is about how Israel implements security in ISRAEL, not the US. In the US, TSA rules are the ones followed. You want us to implement the Israeli model here. Well, what I posted above is what that would be and what it would cost. Now go find your nurse and have her lock you back in your room. Maybe yukon and byeltsin will stop by to play.
Moron, killer,liar and dancer on cancer victims Skip Intro: You are the one that posted : 1) U.S. airports handle more passengers in a single week than Israel — a New Jersey-sized nation with few domestic flights — does in a year. 3) Americans wouldn't put up with such Israeli practices as having to get to the airport as much as four hours ahead of departure, being interrogated at length by airport screeners, or having their luggage confiscated. Everyone still has to pass through metal detectors." But other than those small things, it ought to work just fine here, right Whitey? Skip Intro posted on 2010-12-22 19:50:29 ET -----------------------------------------------------------
Title: Why Israel's Air Security Model Wouldn't Work In The USA It's about both nations air security you killer,liar and dancer on cancer victims. It's no wonder you need my money to get by.
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Whitey, whitey, whitey, calm down. How about a nice little Christmas Carol to soothe you?
It is impossible to hold an intelligent discussion with a liberal pussy like count skidmark!
LOL. Killer- your inability to fathom what goes on around you has again been proved. To: Bullet For Whitey ”If you need more ammo let me know. There's a lot of vermin on this site.” -----------------------------------------------------------
Barrack Hussein Obama
President of the United States of America said that some Americans ; "They can come for the ride, but they gotta sit in back."
#2. To: WhiteSands (#1)
Liberals not having worked don't grasp the concept of scalability.
#3. To: Skip Intro, Skip I-dance-on-cancer-victims-to-attack-posters-at-other-forums Intro (#2)
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People like you with no reading comprehension can't grasp concepts.
Barrack Hussein Obama
President of the United States of America said that some Americans ; "They can come for the ride, but they gotta sit in back."
#4. To: Brian S (#0)
(Edited)
El Al pays for much of the security costs... We don't hear the Transportation Security Administration's critics calling for an eightfold increase...
"It's very important to remember the law is not simply what powerful people would want others to believe it is." -- Julian Assange
#5. To: jwpegler (#4)
Whoever wrote this is a blithering idiot.
Barrack Hussein Obama
President of the United States of America said that some Americans ; "They can come for the ride, but they gotta sit in back."
#6. To: WhiteSands (#3)
If scalability doesn't work then we couldn't fly so many more flights than tiny Israel.
#7. To: Skip Intro, (#6)
3) Americans wouldn't put up with such Israeli practices as having to get to the airport as much as four hours ahead of departure, s 4 hours prioir
Barrack Hussein Obama
President of the United States of America said that some Americans ; "They can come for the ride, but they gotta sit in back."
#8. To: Skip Intro (#6)
2) We don't hear the Transportation Security Administration's critics calling for an eightfold increase in this year's $5.3 billion air security budget.
Barrack Hussein Obama
President of the United States of America said that some Americans ; "They can come for the ride, but they gotta sit in back."
#9. To: WhiteSands (#7)
#10. To: Skip Intro (#9)
Idiot, the article is about how Israel implements security in ISRAEL, not the US. In the US, TSA rules are the ones followed.
Barrack Hussein Obama
President of the United States of America said that some Americans ; "They can come for the ride, but they gotta sit in back."
#11. To: Skip Intro (#9)
Idiot, the article is about how Israel implements security in ISRAEL, not the US. In the US, TSA rules are the ones followed.
Barrack Hussein Obama
President of the United States of America said that some Americans ; "They can come for the ride, but they gotta sit in back."
#12. To: WhiteSands (#11)
#13. To: WhiteSands, Skip Intro (#11)
It's about both nations air security you killer,liar and dancer on cancer victims.
#14. To: Skip Intro, Skip If-you-need-more-ammo-let-me-know. There's-a-lot-of-vermin-on-this-site Intro (#12)
Skip Intro posted on 2010-10-22 20:04:36 ET
Barrack Hussein Obama
President of the United States of America said that some Americans ; "They can come for the ride, but they gotta sit in back."
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