Originally Posted by
OldGoat
I suppose the inability to understand English earns you the same thing as a speech block, and that is an enhanced grope and additional paws in all of your stuff, with a special trip to a private room should the magic swab machine throw up a false positive.
But I could be wrong, maybe one of the resident TSOs can answer -- What happens if the passenger either doesn't understand English, or is unable to respond verbally to questions due to a disability?
Clearly this is not an issue, because the hundreds of millions of dollars spent on the SPOT program have included funds for speakers of dozens of languages, who are standing by at a moment's notice to help interrogate passengers flying out of Boston and Detroit.
