"You have to actually look for the things that are dangerous, and not just scan everybody. This calls for a total change in approach to the transportation security issue."- Rafi Sela, a security consultant at Ben Gurion International Airport
According to the Israelis, who - as you may know - have some experience in dealing with terrorists, relying on privacy-invading scanning machines won't keep us safer. Neither will patty down every brown-skinned male who just *might* be Muslim.
Eye contact, checking the behavior of folks in your airport, and basically NOT TAKING THE LAZY WAY OUT are the keys to defeating terrorist acts in most public venues.
But no, we've got to depend on gadgets instead of skill. I swear, I work in technology and realize that the Mark One Eyeball and the brain behind it is still capable of being better than the best sniffer, camera, or X-Ray nudie picture machine we can build.
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