The Israelis are using the denial technique to stop potential attacks by racially profiling those of Arab descent. In the U.S. this is illegal to do, but some terrorist experts say that this specific practice is the reason there hasn't been an attack/hijacking on an Israeli plane for decades, even superseding reinforcing the luggage compartments with armor, reinforced cockpits, and armed marshals. Now there is a debate in Israel in the Supreme Court about its legality.
In the U.S. this policy wouldn't work for a couple reasons: 1) It's illegal and is not likely to pass scrutiny, 2) Focusing on a certain race (how can people always tell the race of a person?) will eventually overlook other people that are terrorists. The U.S. policy is to randomly check passengers which so far, with the increased security measures, seems to be effective enough. Thoughts?
~Greg
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