On Aug 10, 2011, at 3:20 PM, Nathan <nawrich(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 3:08 PM, Florence Devouard
<anthere(a)anthere.org
wrote:
If local standard procedures involve stealing people property, I
would
not say this deserve any respect. Stealing is stealing. In any
country.
Florence
"Stealing" is a pretty harsh term. Air travel security arrangements
vary by country, but virtually every country authorizes its security
personnel to confiscate items under certain circumstances. You can
probably imagine why Israel might have stronger security measures than
other countries.
They never confiscated anything of mine, but remember for 1-2 years
after 9/11, we had very similar security procedures as Israel does for
flying (especially from Toronto) to Washington Reagan National Airport
-- route that I flew often.
They hand searched checked luggage and carry-on bags, our gate was in
a very secluded section (nothing to eat) of Toronto Pearson Airport,
metal detectors at the gate, no getting up from seats 30 min before
landing, etc. Also seen some of this security in Cairo.
Fortunately, they don't do all this anymore for DCA and hope things
will be very easy next summer. We are working with the State Dept /
authorities to help make entry to US painless as possible.
Cheers,
Katie
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