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Old Feb 8, 2017 | 3:07 pm
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petaluma1
 
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Originally Posted by Boggie Dog
I would hope this study would be enough to convince TSA to abandon the BDO program.

I have always questioned if anyone could be trained in Behavior Detection well enough to put in place the practice in just a couple of weeks, especially on people who the TSA employee has never had any interaction with. Given that the Behavior Detection isn't a proven science I really question is some quickly trained people could even grasp the most basic concepts of the program. And who would start answering questions from a stranger in an airport?

If TSA wants to ask me a question they had better be identifying exactly who they are and why the questions.

Looks like I had cause for my concern.
From the link:

“The passenger should not suspect that they have undergone any deliberate line of questioning,” a Spot document instructs, contributing to the ACLU’s conclusion that plainclothes Spot officers “conduct surveillance covertly”.
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