| The alarm goes off at six o'clock Monday morning. | | | | now going to put their hands on you to insure that |
| Half asleep, you stumble into the bathroom for your | | | | you are not carrying a concealed tube of explosive |
| morning shower. You enjoy the quite time in the | | | | toothpaste. |
| shower because it's one of the few times at home | | | | You have wondered, as you look at all the security |
| where you can be alone with your thoughts, one of | | | | people that are also looking at you, whether or not |
| which you don't like thinking about. You realize for | | | | they have been properly trained. What qualifications |
| certain that before you will be allowed to board your | | | | do they have that gives them the right to check you |
| ten A.M. flight to New York you may be subjected | | | | out and make a quick guess as to whether or not |
| to extreme invasion of privacy at the least, and | | | | you could possibly be planning to blow up the plane. |
| possibly a little humiliation for good measure. | | | | You remember a quote from someone on CNN |
| You know you are not a terrorist, your family knows | | | | about the Israeli airline security team, who we know |
| this as well. However, that argument will not prove | | | | has never had an airline hijacked, how that "in |
| useful standing in front of the security person at the | | | | America we look for nail clippers, but the Israeli's look |
| terminal. You have suspicions about this person and | | | | for terrorist". Hmm, maybe they are on to |
| ask yourself silently "who checked them out?". In the | | | | something, or maybe they are concentrating on the |
| past you have wondered about the "port of origin" | | | | main thing, which of course is catching terrorist |
| of the person you have to get through who is | | | | before they terrorize. |
| gruffly telling you to take off your shoes, and who is | | | | |