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May 11, 2009 | 4:08 pm

#125

Trollkiller

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Originally Posted by Mr. Gel-pack

The BDO positive predictive power of less than 1% for druggies and identity thieves (or 0/160000 for terrorists worth the name) might compare favorably with homeopathy, but in industrial quality control situations where defect rates of 1-in-a-million or 1-in-a-billion are common, achieveable goals, TSA BDO error rates are poor.

99.21% of those that BDOs thought warranted an extra screening or questioning had NO nefarious intent.

With a 99.21% failure rate there is no way that anyone can convince me that the BDO program is not based on junk science. I think you would have a better return using phrenology or chiromancy.

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