A behavioral checklist that the Transportation Security Administration uses to help identify airport travelers they believe could be potential terrorists has been revealed.
The Screening of Passengers by Observation Techniques system, nicknamed SPOT, breaks down body language and demeanor the TSA believes indicates either 'stress' or 'deception'.
Mannerisms are assigned points based on their severity and are assessed by trained 'Behavior Detection Officers', who observe passengers as they go through the security checkpoint.
Behaviors are given points based on their perceived severity. If you walk through security with a 'face pale from recent shaving of beard' or happen to be yawning or whistling, you can be assigned one point.
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3 comments:
How about a obvious Muslim with headdress muttering "Allah Akabar", guess that would be profiling.
Sounds remarkably similar to "profiling" to me, but then again I could be wrong.
Print the list of terrorists the TSA has caught or stopped........zero.
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