Elsewhere, profiling is preferred method of airport security [View All]

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In many countries, singling out certain fliers is a matter of course

NBC News and msnbc.com

While U.S. air travelers struggle with strict new security checks, screening is generally less up close and personal at airports in other parts of the world, where preflight intelligence is emphasized. That puts the priority on identifying sophisticated threats in advance so that procedures many people consider personally invasive aren't the crucial last line of defense.

Security is almost universally considered most effective at Ben-Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv, Israel. No plane operating from there has been successfully attacked since 1972, when 24 people were killed in a hijacking by a terrorist group calling itself the Japanese Red Army.

The state airline, El Al, which coordinates security at Israel's airports, is unapologetic about its use of passenger profiling — making judgments about a passenger's likelihood of posing a threat based on his or her background, behavior and associations.

Passengers can be questioned on arrival at the airport entrance and again at the terminal entrance. And all passengers are questioned individually once they're inside the terminal by security agents looking for abnormal behavior or any other reason to be suspicious.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40318044/ns/travel-news/