CNN Article

Longer lines at airport checkpoints would result from eliminating a nearly $1 billion Behavior Detection Officers program, the head of the Transportation Security Administration told a congressional committee Thursday.

The Screening of Passengers by Observation Techniques, or SPOT, program trains officers to identify terrorists before they act by looking for passengers showing signs of stress, fear or deception.

The Government Accountability Office investigated and said in a report this week there was no proof it works, and urged Congress to cut funding for it.

Transportation Security Administration administrator John Pistole defended the program as an essential component of a web of protections.

"If we remove one whole layer of security, that being BDOs, who again are the least invasive and are looking for intent rather than items then that gives us an exposure to potential terrorists that we don't currently have," he said.

What a surprise; that scumbag wants to keep the money coming in for "security" voodoo. What's even more surprising is that Pissant actually showed up for the hearing. Maybe a Congresscritter or two suggested he'd get a subpoena attached to his butt with a staplegun if he skipped this one?

Love the comments in this article too.