Thoughts on airport security

Many in this country argue that we could not perform airport security like the Israelis; let's take a look at that.  Overall, 670 million passengers board flights annually, screened by 60,000 TSA agents (1/ 10,000 passengers; 12 minutes per passenger) with a budget of $6.8 billion, or about $10/passenger, or $125,000 per screener.

In contrast, the ISA appears to generally require only a few minutes of interview for each passenger who is not of "special interest."  I am not certain, but I would guess that if you hired TSA agents like Israel hires screeners, you could put a lot more of that $6.8 billion into people instead of machines, making the airways safer, saner, and grope-free.  I'm sure there are any number of Marines and Rangers coming back from Afghanistan and Iraq who have effectively learned the techniques.