News: Aiport Security Technology

Forbes has posted an interesting article today discussing various proposals for improving airport security, including behavioral analysis systems, physiological sensors, and increased use of profiling. One system being tested in Israel even sounds like psychological warfare—flashing images onto airport screens, “such as symbols associated with a certain terrorist group or some other image only a would-be terrorist would recognize” and then assessing individuals’ reactions to those images. The article also cites Jim Harper of the Cato Institute for suggesting that security be placed in the hands of the airlines in order to introduce more variation in security procedures.