I don't think this is a good idea or will work at all. The sociopaths I've known are very cool and relaxed people. Far from being people who will be instantly recognized as being anxious, they are the charmers who fool the majority of people with a smile. Maybe the feds need to re-read their copy of "The Mask of Sanity." Catching a Homeland Security undercover agent is hardly any proof that you could catch a real sociopath or terrorist.
This program sounds like it will waste lots of time screening neurotics, though.
Originally Posted by studentff
http://www.time.com/time/nation/arti...0.html?cnn=yes
I've called for something like this, so I won't be too quick to condemn it. Done correctly and with proper training, this sort of program would reduce secondary screenings of 85-year-old WWII vets and other such non-threats.
Of course, it will also increase accusations of racial/ethnic profiling of the racial/ethic groups that have committed the most terrorism against the US in the past 35 years. But hopefully TSA will resist the urge to randomly stop non-suspicious-acting people in other groups just to pad their stats. The LEO "interviews" must also be conducted in a polite efficient way that doesn't cause innocent people caught in the inevitable false alarms to miss their flights or feel harassed.
But we'll see. It shows some promise.