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Old Aug 19, 2011 | 10:47 am
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gobluetwo
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You're all taking the wrong approach here. Just turn it into a game (and not the exbayern type of game). Fun for the whole family!

final destination - "home, I wish!" or "If it's Thursday, it must be Cleveland" (which I once said on a Tuesday)
reason I was in BOS - "just passing through"
how long I was there - "not long enough!"
what company I worked for - "same as you - working for the man"
type of work I did - "consultant" (as my daughter once said when she was 4 - "daddy, that's not a real thing!")

Seriously, though, I just don't see how the execution of this program will result in any tangible positive outcome. The training they are supposed to be getting is said to be relatively minimal. We don't know that these people have a suitable background or temperament for this sort of behavioral analysis. We don't know the effectiveness of this analysis in such a brief encounter. I'm sure a bunch of shrinks somewhere came up with a manual instructing people to look for facial tics, shifty eyes, crossed arms, or whatever, which may or may not be indicative of anything beyond a fear of flying, gas, or a real intention to do harm (99.999999% sure it won't EVER be that last one). And, as this thread is proving, this is just another way for them to take the focus off the patdowns and body scans and improve their PR.
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