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

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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

[kseda]

I will watch this, Hopefully it will calm me down from the INARTICULATE RAGE today's 'writer's block' has inspired.

Way to fucking fail, LJ.

[theburningdoll]

wow, um, what?

SMH.

[simply_blah]

WHAT THE SHIT IS THAT!???

[windy_lea]

SRSLY, IF YOU HAD A BLANK TICKET LOL HAHA TO GROPE A HARRY POTTER CHARACTER UNDER THE GUISE OF SECURITY, ROFLMAO WHICH ONE WOULD YOU CHOOSE? IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE IT MAKES LIGHT OF PERSONAL VIOLATIONS, GAIZ!

/smh. Sorry for the caps-blast, but they genuinely deserve it.

[joy_mora]

Tell me if I'm being paranoid, but I feel like they always pat down bigger people. Either that or they really like me.

[dyfferent]

They in my opinion tend to pat down people who look like they won't fight back.

Why no, I'm not bitter.

[somatosensation]

In b4 "this is how things are, deal with it."

Re: Why no, I'm not bitter.

[windy_lea]

LMAO at your icon.

Also, I can't believe people are still arguing that tired shit. Like, really? I'm not going to get used to it. Doing that has cost us every liberty we've lost up until now. Fuck that. If anything, I'm more done with 'dealing' than I've ever been before. And I hope I continue along this trend towards civil disobedience, because as many of us as can, should.

I just haven't figured out which route to take. I do have to fly, if I want to see family back in the US, but I am not looking forward to the pat-down. I want to shove their 'punishment' for not falling in line back in their faces. Because their gizmo sucks ass, and they deserve to know.

Re: Why no, I'm not bitter.

[othellia]

I do have to fly, if I want to see family back in the US, but I am not looking forward to the pat-down. I want to shove their 'punishment' for not falling in line back in their faces.

BUT U COULD LIEK TOTALLY GET ON A BOATZ!!! Sure it might take you an extra couple of weeks, not to mention that there aren't many services that take people across the ocean on boats anymore, but it's not like someone's FORCING you to go to the airport. You have a choice, therefore it's totally not sexual harassment.

[/sarcasm]

Re: Why no, I'm not bitter.

[somatosensation]

That explosion yesterday was ridiculous.

[jamesq]

That was an interesting rant by Mr. Yeffet - and this is certainly a rant-worthy topic - but I'd have liked more information on what El Al actually does.

[popehippo]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Al#Security

[sobota]

since El Al's security measures are so well-known, wouldn't it be easy to gain the system? when i'm asked all those questions, i just get annoyed. i don't know how the security person would read my annoyance.

[auxoriousrex]

I've been through el al security several times. Its definitely different. For the first part, I didn't even realize I was being interviewed. I was just having a conversation with a security agent!

[myriadne]

I've been through airport security at Tel Aviv, and it was thorough, but it didn't feel invasive. Yes, they went through my bags and unpacked a couple of gifts to check them, but given that they announced detonation of a suspicious package on Runway 8 during the time I was there, I felt pretty fine about that! And Heathrow in the 1990s was no picnic either. It infuriates me that our government is so stupid and narrow-minded that they can't actually learn from other countries who have much more experience at foiling terrorism. But, hey! We'll borrow torture techniques from the Spanish Inquisition, so I guess that's something *eyeroll*.

[ididthatonce]

Same. I mean, Israel probably has to have some of the strictest air security in the world, and you rarely hear people complain about El-Al security procedures.