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Disclaimer: I've never traveled to or through Israel. As others have referenced, Israeli airport security use profiling extensively. The questions that are asked are almost (but not quite) irrelevant - they are trained to gauge a person's reactions, their unconscious biological responses, etc. It seems likely to me that what they keyed in on wasn't the author's questions, responses, or even their general attitude, bu…
> The fact that they let them continue on to their flight tells me that they didn't perceive them to be a security risk at the end of the process. I’m having a bit of trouble understanding the rationale allowing continued travel, but not allowing continued travel with the laptop. Can anyone here shed a bit of light on this?
Re: Israel airport security stole my laptop
#101Perhaps they cued in on their nervousness, decided that they weren't a threat, but also decided that their laptop might contain evidence of a crime (e.g., industrial espionage).