Including Israel's airport, one of the world's best at security
(NEWSER) - Ditching the TSA's new security procedures in favor of profiling seems like a controversial move —despite a new poll showing 70% support the idea —but at most world airports, that's how it's done. Airports like Israel's Ben-Gurion International, widely considered to be one of the world's most effective at security, utilize pre-flight intelligence rather than last-minute body scans and pat-downs, MSNBC reports. At Ben-Gurion, where no plane has been successfully attacked since 1972, passengers are questioned multiple times and assessed based on background, behavior, and associations. More»