Originally Posted by Doppy
They performed a test of this during the holidays, by having a uniformed TSA person stand behind the ticket/ID checker. Based on observing the passengers in line, the TSA people pulled over 500 people of interest and asked them questions. They were then either sent on their way, sent to secondary, or sent to secondary and an LEO was called. About 30 out of the 500 were found to be up to "something (mostly drugs, but some people with "too much" money), though none were terrorists.
They're adamant that the program does not use race, and that using race as a factor harms its effectiveness.
When they insist upon such, I'd like to have them make available back-up evidence too. That's why I'd insist on camera footage and all of it being in the public domain.
I'd also like to find out the demographic details (and more) about the 30 that got "tagged" and about the 500 that were selected for questioning.