TSA security looks at people who complain about ... TSA security

[moostraks]

http://www.cnn.com/2011/TRAVEL/04/15/tsa.screeners.complain/


"...Currently, some 3,000 uniformed behavior detection officers are deployed at about 175 airports. President Obama is calling for an additional 175 such officers in his 2012 budget proposal, and the TSA is expected to spend a total of $1.2 billion on the program over the next five years.

In recent years, the TSA has also expanded the scope of the program. Originally intended to look only for suspected terrorists, the program now also seeks to ferret out possible criminals in airports...

Members of Congress also expressed concern about the number of "false positives" -- people flagged for additional screening that resulted in nothing being found. For every person correctly identified as a "high risk" traveler by (the behavior detection officers), 86 were misidentified, Willis said. At random screening, for every person correctly identified, 794 were misidentified..."

I thought this was worthy reading for those who still fly here. Chilling free speech on American soil but demanding it be allowed in other countries? What is wrong with the upside down world we live in?

[eOs]

Terrorists behave a certain way? Usually serial killers/murderers lack any sort of empathy mechanism which allows them to do such horrible things and not show any remorse. This type of screening will end up targeting pissed off Americans sitting there watching their 6 year old daughters being molested, or just the guy having a bad day.

[specsaregood]

Hrm, Wasn't the court case of the Ron Paul employee of which the ACLU picked up the case to defend dropped explictly because the TSA said it was not going to be profiling for criminal behavior any longer?

[aGameOfThrones]

Terrorists behave a certain way? Usually serial killers/murderers lack any sort of empathy mechanism which allows them to do such horrible things and not show any remorse. This type of screening will end up targeting pissed off Americans sitting there watching their 6 year old daughters being molested, or just the guy having a bad day.


Yeah they do... One only needs to see the TSA in action.

[Matt Collins]

Thought crime.

[MelissaWV]

It's not that difficult to behave like a regular passenger. It is not some impossible task for a terrorist to look pretty harmless. Of course, that is the excuse for groping everyone....

[jmdrake]

Washington (CNN) -- Don't like the way airport screeners are doing their job? You might not want to complain too much while standing in line.

Arrogant complaining about airport security is one indicator Transportation Security Administration officers consider when looking for possible criminals and terrorists, CNN has learned exclusively. And, when combined with other behavioral indicators, it could result in a traveler facing additional scrutiny.

CNN has obtained a list of roughly 70 "behavioral indicators" that TSA behavior detection officers use to identify potentially "high risk" passengers at the nation's airports.

Many of the indicators, as characterized in open government reports, are behaviors and appearances that may be indicative of stress, fear or deception. None of them, as the TSA has long said, refer to or suggest race, religion or ethnicity.

But one addresses passengers' attitudes towards security, and how they express those attitudes.

It reads: "Very arrogant and expresses contempt against airport passenger procedures."

:( :mad:

[DamianTV]

Terrorists behave a certain way? Usually serial killers/murderers lack any sort of empathy mechanism which allows them to do such horrible things and not show any remorse. This type of screening will end up targeting pissed off Americans sitting there watching their 6 year old daughters being molested, or just the guy having a bad day.

TSA screens wont work because those with the least empathy are in office.

[aGameOfThrones]

And yet touching little kids is not criminal... That is, if you work for the TSA.

[Anti Federalist]

Many of the indicators, as characterized in open government reports, are behaviors and appearances that may be indicative of stress, fear or deception. None of them, as the TSA has long said, refer to or suggest race, religion or ethnicity

Well, that's a relief...

Freedom's dying right before our eyes and the 4th Amendment is in tatters, but it's all good, because nobody's racial, religious or ethnic sensibilities are being upset.

FFS...:mad::rolleyes: