Originally Posted by LeslieJam
I'm not a fan of TSA, but if it keeps us safe, it is worth it, and if modeled after El Al hard to argue their success in passenger safety.
But what if it DOESN'T keep us safe? Is it worth it then? What if it's completely useless at stopping WEI from getting onto planes?
Originally Posted by
14940674
"At Logan, about 70 agents — all with college degrees — are undergoing training by an international consulting firm that includes a four-day classroom course and 24 hours of on-the-job experience, said TSA spokeswoman Ann Davis."
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/reg...icleid=1355725
Neither you nor the article mention - exactly WHAT degrees are held by these agents? Are they required to have degrees in psychology? Psychiatry? Criminal justice? Anti-terrorism? Or are degrees in English Lit, Physical Fitness, Architecture, or Civil Engineering enough to satisfy the "college degree" requirement?
And only four days in the classroom to turn a person into a human polygraph? Give me a break;
it takes twelve weeks to learn how to OPERATE an electronic polygraph!
Originally Posted by
14940674
It might work, but that would provide a smaller sample size than a selection of 3 or 4 questions. Also the questions carry an element of surprise which is lost when you state a prepared response.
What surprise? The program is using a standardized set of questions, which are only surprising the first time they're asked; after the first time, they're not surprising any more, and the responses are all prepared in the brain before the questions are asked.