Confessions of an ex-TSA agent
Why we don't take a page out of the Israeli's book is beyond me.  They have been dealing with this for much longer, have made the mistakes we are currently making, and have learned from them.<p>Their airports don't have long lines and pat downs by ill-trained employees (lines of course exist, but they are shorter and not what we in the US are used to).  Instead they hire fewer, educated and skilled persons, many of whom are, behaviorists to determine potential threats.  It works; the last successful airport attack in Israel was in 1986, and they have prevented many since.<p>I remember reading about this in an interview with an ex Israeli defense minister years ago, but I couldn't find that article. This one sums it up though: <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/01/11/yeffet.air.security.israel/" rel="nofollow">http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/01/11/yeffet.air.security.is...</a>