Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/09/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I think that the Western and specially the US security is that they do NOT look at the psychology issues.... just searching for nail clippers in luggage does nothing. Looking FOR the nervous or otherwise already listed bad guys would do a lot more to protect us. And I will not comment on the appropriateness of shoe removal..... an idea the bad guys idea from Get Smart ( US TV Comedy from the 60"s). A lot of misdirected time and effort. Frank > >Frank, El Al indeed used to be the least stressful one in >obvious/intruding security measure among a number of European, Far East >and US airline companies I used to fly with in my past. They put the >emphasis on phychological behavior of the people crowding in the >airport, the selectors are well trained to pick the person from the >crowd who may potentially hint for an undesired activity, not >necesserely the one with camera hanging off his neck...