Are US Airports About To Adopt Israeli Methods?

Annie Jacobsen, who writes about aviation security and homeland security for a variety of newspapers, magazines and blogs, has written about the possibility that US airports may be adopting Israeli methods of airport security:

At a recent news conference in Jerusalem, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) chief Michael Chertoff announced that the U.S. had signed a landmark agreement with Israel to share information about airport security.

Israel is considered to have the most effective airport security measures anywhere in the world. So convinced are they of the benevolence of people they allow to board their planes, first class passengers are given steak knives with their meals.

This is as opposed to American airports where they confiscate bottles of shampoo.

Read the whole thing.

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