According to Annie Jacobsen, we might finally be ready to learn from the real experts: the Israelis.

It all depends on whether (1) we commit to hiring airport security screeners who consider their jobs to be careers; and (2) we get rid of some of the "passenger annoyance" fillips we now use once we have actual security systems in place.

I don't think anyone wants to cope with both, but we're not doing great right now by confiscating new, sealed bottles of drinking water.

And (to turn our attention to the TSA's partners in crime, the airlines) it makes even less sense to charge passengers for checking baggage—that will simply increase the number of people who carry-on luggage that could have been checked, which slows down the boarding process and annoys more people.

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