Originally Posted by
eyecue
I have seen it work. The problem is that it is not a universally known, tangible process and those that are not educated about it dont understand how it works or why. TSA did gather stats on it in the early years. I dont believe those were ever published. Has it been misused? Probably, just like the police abuse radar for traffic enforcement. And lets not forget to take into account the interviews might not have been answered by those employees that are most versed in PC answers.
It has 'worked' to detect folks with outstanding warrants and fake IDs.
It has not 'worked' to detect someone who posed a threat to aviation security - which is what TSA is supposed to be focused on.
eyecue, you know as well as I do that if SPOT had been responsible for detecting a single te**orist threat, we would have heard about it. Neither Nappy nor Pistole could have kept it quiet - nor would they have wanted to. They would have used it as justification for doubling down on the program.