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I spy with my little eye: TSA rolling out new ‘behavior detection officers’
the daily caller ^ | 8/3/11 | C.J. Ciaramella

Posted on 08/03/2011 2:49:13 PM PDT by EBH

Passengers flying through Boston’s Logan International Airport will notice the security screeners are chattier than usual, but it’s not an improved customer service policy.

On Tuesday the Transportation Security Administration began a test-run at Logan of its SPOT program, which stands for Screening of Passengers by Observation Techniques...

“...The vast majority of passengers will experience a casual greeting conversation with the BDO as they go through identity verification,” a TSA spokesperson said. “A small portion of passengers may get selected for an extended, but still limited conversation.”

Since its creation in 2007, TSA’s SPOT program has grown almost fifteen-fold. As of May 2010, about 3,000 BDOs were deployed at 161 airports nationwide at an annual cost of more than $200 million.

So far, after three years of operation and almost $1 billion spent, SPOT has never been scientifically proven effective and has never caught one actual terrorist...

...According to information provided by TSA to Nature magazine, BDOs referred more than 232,000 people for secondary screening during the SPOT program’s first phase, from January 2006 through to November 2009. Secondary screening involves closer inspection of bags and testing for explosives.

The vast majority of those subjected to extra inspection continued with no further delays. But 1,710 were arrested, which the TSA points to as evidence of the program’s effectiveness.

In other words, less than 1 percent of referrals lead to an arrest. And most arrests were for criminal activity, such as outstanding warrants or illegal citizenship status. One man was arrested in 2008 after BDOs stopped him at Orlando International Airport while he was carrying explosive components. In 2007 TSA stopped another man who was carrying a loaded handgun at Baltimore-Washington International.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; Unclassified; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: loganairport; spot; tsapervs; tsaspot
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To: EBH

SPOOKY AS HECK..!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41jdsgLH3bQ


21 posted on 08/03/2011 3:14:10 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: EBH

Male TSA to female passenger: “Do you play around?”

Male TSA to male passenger: “Do you play around?”

(TSA catches a lot of terrorists with this new program.)


22 posted on 08/03/2011 3:14:44 PM PDT by IbJensen (God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made politicians.)
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To: EBH
Now all it takes is a frown in their direction or less respect and deference than they feel is their due. IOW, profiling is at their discretion. They may just not like your face.. or your American flag lapel pin.

QUIT RESISTING!


23 posted on 08/03/2011 3:17:50 PM PDT by I see my hands (Embrace misanthropy)
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To: Nervous Tick

I too experienced this at Orange County - it was a cluster you-know-what.

I was the 10th person in line in the “Premier” line. 20 minutes later, I finally made it to the front of the line. By that time there were about 75 people in line behind me.

Everyone was POed, checking watches, etc. The delays certainly cost some people to miss their flights.

Everyone in line was asked questions and spent 2-3 minutes at the podium with the TSAhole asking inane questions about your street address, the city you were flying to, your flight number etc. etc.


24 posted on 08/03/2011 3:18:44 PM PDT by Herodes
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To: EBH

AFGE, the TSA union will file a grievance.

TSA screeners have a bargaining unit right to feel up people whenever they want.


25 posted on 08/03/2011 3:33:51 PM PDT by Iron Munro (The more effeminate & debauched the people, the more they are fitted for a tyrannical government.)
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To: Nervous Tick

Napolitano said that Israeli-style security won’t work in U.S. back in January 2011.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/01/04/napolitano-israeli-style-security-wont-work/

In another interview she said, “You have not given me a technique for tactic or behavior. ... Napolitano: No “ Logic” In Profiling Muslim Men Under The Age Of 35 ...”

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2011/06/09/napolitano_no_logic_in_profiling_muslim_men_under_the_age_of_35.html

But she defends the frisking of 6yr olds as “professional and according to protocol.”


26 posted on 08/03/2011 3:35:13 PM PDT by A'elian' nation (Political correctness does not legislate tolerance; it only organizes hatred. Jacques Barzun)
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To: EBH
So far, after three years of operation and almost $1 billion spent, SPOT has never been scientifically proven effective and has never caught one actual terrorist...

Ummm... the entire TSA has never caught ONE SINGLE SOLITARY TERRORIST for all their jackbooted thuggery.

27 posted on 08/03/2011 3:40:06 PM PDT by ichabod1 (Nuts; A house divided against itself cannot stand.)
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To: Nervous Tick

I’ve always thought TSA should use the Vegas model. Friendly front line screeners who smile and visit with the people. Pit boss watching the screeners and the people. And the eye in the sky watching all.


28 posted on 08/03/2011 3:46:12 PM PDT by ichabod1 (Nuts; A house divided against itself cannot stand.)
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To: A'elian' nation

Yeah, but that was on a different day. You can’t expect the same answer on different days, can you?


29 posted on 08/03/2011 3:50:40 PM PDT by ichabod1 (Nuts; A house divided against itself cannot stand.)
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To: Responsibility2nd; CholeraJoe

I recently and reluctantly concluded we probably can’t impliment an Isreali-style security program because almost all the TSA people I run into are dumb as a box of rocks. Maybe they can find some smart people for a beta program like this, but find enough for full implimentation? I have my doubts.


30 posted on 08/03/2011 4:08:35 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: EBH

The customs folks in England use a similar system. If you have nothing to declare, you go through a line where they just size-up your behavior. Coming back from Ireland one time, they actually asked me where I’d been. I said, “Waterford”, they said, “Oh, an American, welcome to England”. They’re really good, though, at spotting those with a guilty conscience.


31 posted on 08/03/2011 4:12:56 PM PDT by ArmstedFragg (hoaxy dopey changey)
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To: Herodes

I wouldn’t give them my street address. They might break in to your home while you’re away. I don’t trust the TSA.

My driver’s license has a P.O. Box address on it.


32 posted on 08/03/2011 4:17:20 PM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (The top 1% earn 20% of America's income yet they pay 40% of all federal income taxes!)
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To: EBH
As of May 2010, about 3,000 BDOs were deployed at 161 airports nationwide at an annual cost of more than $200 million.

Which, of course, really stands for "BenD Over."

33 posted on 08/03/2011 4:21:03 PM PDT by Colonel_Flagg (You're either in or in the way. "Primary" is a VERB.)
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To: gaijin
Looks like they are thinking of using Voice Stress technology linked to an infrared scan. It works if you believe it works just like a regular lie-detector. It detects relative stress. There are some some people who come up positive if you asked them “Did you shoot Arch-Duke Ferdinand and start WWI?” Its witch science.

A pathological liar,politician or good actor should be able to breeze right thru, think Bill Clinton shaking his finger at the camera.

34 posted on 08/03/2011 4:32:47 PM PDT by Polynikes (Hakkaa Palle)
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To: EBH
Sounds like profiling.

It's OK now, though, because it costs a lot more taxpayer dollars than ordinary profiling.

35 posted on 08/03/2011 4:44:53 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Palin is coming, and the Tea Party is coming with her.)
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To: CholeraJoe

“It’s been a long time since an El-Al airliner was hijacked or bombed”

Even better, no El-Al airliner has ever been hijacked or bombed.


36 posted on 08/03/2011 4:58:06 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

Compare the number of El-Al flights to those of all USA based airlines. In other words, the Israelis are good but the bad guys have an order of magnitude (or two) fewer chances when compared to the USA.


37 posted on 08/03/2011 5:23:07 PM PDT by Henry Hnyellar
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To: ichabod1

Thank you...the system will work if they know how to use it.


38 posted on 08/03/2011 5:39:14 PM PDT by EBH ( The GOP is the new third party.)
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To: Georgia Girl 2
Just one on July 22, 1968. El-Al 426
39 posted on 08/03/2011 6:05:36 PM PDT by CholeraJoe (When they rename the Paddy Wagon, I'll stop complaining about Racist Democrats.)
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To: Herodes

They do a good job of this at Schiphol airport in Amsterdam. For some reason I don’t think it would work very well in U.S. Maybe for international flights possibly.


40 posted on 08/03/2011 6:17:16 PM PDT by cornfedcowboy (Trust in God, but empty the clip.)
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