Having recently returned to the US after moving abroad 5 years ago, I was pretty shocked by how much more security there was in the airports. Not only that, the

Having recently returned to the US after moving abroad 5 years ago, I was pretty shocked by how much more security there was in the airports. Not only that, the manner and air of the various security workers made it feel like everyone was a terrorist threat. I felt guilty when being checked even though I had nothing to be guilty of. Has the American populace really become used to this level of treatment like a frog slowly being boiled alive? Compare this to the many countries I visited on vacation and while some, for example China, have similarly strict and high levels of security, none of them made me feel like I was some sort of terrorist. It makes me wonder what sort of training the security staff goes through. Are they taught to treat people like this? Or are people skills simply not a requirement for a job that requires talking to people all day?