Tag Archives: behavior detection

The TSA Tolerance Test

Kaye Beach

April, 16, 2011

Of course the government is not going to consider that it is their policies that might be flawed.   If intrusion and intimidation is causing an attitude problem with the subjects, then the answer must be to simply apply more of the same.

I wonder.  Do terrorists tend to  be more or less tolerant of the TSA?

TSA security looks at people who complain about … TSA security

By Mike M. Ahlers and Jeanne Meserve, CNN
April 15, 2011

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.

[. . .]one addresses passengers’ attitudes towards security, and how they express those attitudes.

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

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