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Old May 18, 2006 | 12:55 pm
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Yes, right

"Here's how it works (on paper): Select TSA employees will be trained to identify suspicious individuals who raise red flags by exhibiting unusual or anxious behavior, which can be as simple as changes in mannerisms, excessive sweating on a cool day, "

changes in mannerisms: as has been noted, how do you detect a change in manerism the first time you see a person? Answer: You and TSA can't. Whatever that person is doing the first time you see them, that is their normal behavior as far as your observations are concerned. Period.

anxious behavior: How many pax are always anxious as they have a little fear of flying, fear of missing their connection if this TSA line does not move a lot faster, fear of not having enough time to stop by the CRC if this screening line does not move faster, fear of germs from the shoeless walk thru the MD, fear of having a screener paw through a bag and hold up in public a plastic object, declaring to the Xray op "No threat, just another battery operated Vibrating Personal Relaxation Device"?

excessive sweating on a cool day: Has the writer of these rules ever flown commercial recently? As in: I have a 40 min connection at LAX(I know, dumb as booking a 30 min DL connection in ATL at 5 PM on a Friday, but this is my hypothetical example, I reserve the right to be hypothetically dumb ), my plane was 10 min late, I just ran from terminal 5 to terminal 2 and am trying to go thru screening, darn right I'm sweating when its a cool day.

In addition to regular shoe carnival, SSSS and existing rules, this new rule makes almost every PAX qualify to be stopped I mean SPOTted in this "non race profileing program".
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