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But there's people out there who need it more than you do."Her Links of London Sale , Dorothy Bears, who donated a bag full of coats, shoes, and boots -- many of which still had price tags -- said she is ready to donate even more next week."I thank God that we were able to give," she said. "I thank God that we're able to help someone."Mr. Strong said the donations are just the start of his ministry's efforts to teach compassion and reach out to the poor.The pastor Sunday launched "Mission Compassion," a monthly challenge to church members in which they are assigned goodwill gestures to carry out in the community. Each participant received an envelope with instructions to read at home. The proposed missions ranged from baking cookies to take to the local fire department to ordering pizza for a needy family, paying for it, and delivering it to their door, the pastor said."Links of London Rings is not the last of our giving," Mr. Strong told his church. "We're gonna give more, we're gonna love more ... we're gonna attack our city with love, we're gonna attack our city with compassion."Time after time, I've watched the country react retroactively--making us take off our footwear after Richard Reid's attempted shoe bombing, deciding not to let us bring water or shampoo on flights after a failed plot to blow up planes with liquid explosives, and, now, subjecting passengers to full-body scans or invasive searches after last December's thwarted underwear bombing. (They're also the behaviors that Atta, Reid, and the "underpants bomber" displayed.) Which is what's needed: by relying on a one-size-fits-all approach to security, we spend too much time searching harmless travelers--and too little time rooting out legitimate threats.On September 11, 2001, I was sitting in my office at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion airport, where I was director of security, and watched in horror as the world changed. During the next few months, I saw America quickly identify screenings as the source of all evil and the reason for the attacks--despite, illogically, Links of London Snowflake Charms fact that Mohamed Atta and his terrorist teams didn't carry any weapons that were supposed to be detected at the checkpoints.I've since moved to the U.S. to consult on airport security. Time after time, I've watched the country react retroactively--making us take off our footwear after Richard Reid's attempted shoe bombing, deciding not to let us bring water or shampoo on flights after a failed plot to blow up planes with liquid explosives, and, now, subjecting passengers to full-body scans or invasive searches after last December's thwarted underwear bombing. It's time to accept that terrorist attacks are not carried out by things but by people . A security strategy based on detection technology alone is a failed one. Our great love of gadgetry--and the belief that it can solve all our problems, without a personal touch--has only led to one failure after another.Looking for better solutions takes me back to Ben Gurion. Israeli aviation security manages to create a reasonable balance between detection technology and human interaction. While at American airports we deploy people to support technology, in Links of London Star of David Charm Aviv technology is deployed to support people. Does it work? Ask Anne Marie Murphy, a young Irishwoman who, in 1986, nearly boarded a plane while carrying an explosive device without her knowledge.