Issac Yeffet, former Security head of El Al, tells Keith Olbermann why the TSA's methods do not work

[keithmex17]

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A followup of sorts to the last TSA post. Bonus Footage in this clip: Keith Olbermann uttering the phrase "If you touch my junk, I'll have you arrested" and Taiwanese Next Media's bombastic take on the whole controversy.

Comments

[ididthatonce]

I have a question about the whole TSA patdown debacle thing.

I've only flown abroad a few times (into Prague, into Cyprus, and out of Tel Aviv), and those were all part of group trips, so I didn't get the full "experience." What do other countries do for airport security? Which of these measures seem to work well?

Obviously the scanners and patdowns just aren't going to fly (lol pun), but I honestly can't think of other options.

[jessilestrange]

Well we just have metal detectors here in Britain.

We seem to be doing just fine.

[jessilestrange]

That said, we're not getting any 'huge' security breaches as the USA is right now in regards to terrorists and the whole she-bang, so that might just be why.

The idea of these new scanners though is apparently spreading over here, although there's been opposition. So who knows, we might just be getting them too. Joy~

[eyetosky]

Is your icon of Yin, and if so, why is she making that face? @_@

[jessilestrange]

Doujinshi artwork~ Otherwise Yin would be nothing more than a poker face like so :D

[brewsternorth]

One or two airports in the UK also have these new backscatter machines too, but otoh they *do* try to ensure they hire people to run them who have a pretty high level of professionalism.

[rufinia]

When I flew home to Boston from Heathrow, I set the metal detector off with my knee brace, and they asked me to go to the body scan room. (I was bitterly disappointed that I didn't get to see my own image) The analyst looking at the image still couldn't tell exactly what was on my knee, so the agent with me needed to take a actual look at it, which required me to drop my pants (while she apologized all over the place). She confirmed that in this case, a knee brace is just a knee brace, and sent me on my way. The entire encounter (in fact, every encounter I had when my knee brace set off a metal detector, which was several times, each requiring a significant pat down) was calm and professional. I never felt violated at all. (They also did not touch my breasts or my groin.)

I was informed, about eight weeks after the fact, that I was supposed to be totally outraged at such an invasive strip search.

But that's the Brits. I don't expect to see that level of professionalism from the TSA, not after the stories we've been hearing.