European response mixed to new US security demands

[StarfarerBill]

Source: Associated Press

LONDON – Airline passengers bound for the United States faced a hodgepodge of security measures across the world Monday, but most European airports did not appear to be following a new U.S. demand for increased screening of passengers from 14 countries.

U.S. officials in Washington said the new security measures would be implemented Monday but there were few visible changes on the ground in Europe, which sends thousands of passengers on hundreds of daily flights to the United States.

In addition, few if any changes in airline procedures were reported in the 14 countries named by the U.S. as security risks, although officials in Saudi Arabia said extra security personnel had been placed at the airport.

No changes were seen Monday at international airports in Syria, Algeria, Libya or Lebanon, four other countries on the list.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100104/ap_on_bi_ge/world_airline_security

[Vincardog]

1. Here is my plan to make all international flights arriving in the USA safe

Make every one of them land deplane and pass security in Israel before heading here.

[SnakeEyes]

2. Good idea

Better to have Israel violate their rights and conduct profiling than the US. We have moral standards to live up to.

[Vincardog]

3. AT least they are good at it

[marshall]

4. Israel profiles by behavior, not counrty of origin or skin color

Which is apparantly the chosen path.