$1B TSA Behavioral Screening Program Slammed as Ineffective Junk Science
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Re: $1B TSA Behavioral Screening Program Slammed as Ineffective Junk Science
#2I thought this was common knowledge for a while now.
Re: $1B TSA Behavioral Screening Program Slammed as Ineffective Junk Science
#3I thought this was common knowledge for a while now.
Gov takes some time.
Re: $1B TSA Behavioral Screening Program Slammed as Ineffective Junk Science
#4I'm just glad that I seem to have passed through whatever set of factors that caused me to be "randomly" selected every time I entered the US for years on end.
Re: $1B TSA Behavioral Screening Program Slammed as Ineffective Junk Science
#5Not arguing that it effective, as I haven't done any research on this, but the article does little to show that it is ineffective or that it is "Junk Science".
Not a big fan of TSA, so I can reasonably believe that they screwed up, but would like to see at least a little more data if they are going to pull the "Junk Science" card.
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#6Sadly there isn't one good site running with this story so I am not sure how we get the facts in the case. It seems the one problem standing in the way of getting the facts is the TSA itself; an agency whose screeners may soon be armed
Re: $1B TSA Behavioral Screening Program Slammed as Ineffective Junk Science
#7Not arguing that it effective, as I haven't done any research on this, but the article does little to show that it is ineffective or that it is "Junk Science". Not a big fan of TSA, so I can reasonably believe that they screwed up, but would like to see at least a little more data if they are going to pull the "Junk Science" card.
From the ACLU⁰:
"Both Congress’ Government Accountability Office¹ and an independent scientific advisory group² found that there is no evidence that people can identify deception by observing the behavior of others."
Claiming the opposite without showing any proof, like the TSA is doing, looks disturbingly like "junk science" to me.
0: https://www.aclu.org/national-security/aclu-sues-tsa-records...
Re: $1B TSA Behavioral Screening Program Slammed as Ineffective Junk Science
#8Sadly there isn't one good site running with this story so I am not sure how we get the facts in the case. It seems the one problem standing in the way of getting the facts is the TSA itself; an agency whose screeners may soon be armed
From ACLU⁰ staff attorney:
"The TSA has insisted on keeping documents about SPOT secret"
The problem here seems to be exactly that we do not "get the facts".
The ACLU seems to have an idea of "how we get the facts", which is why they are suing. From the same page:
"[This] Freedom of Information Act lawsuit is seeking records related to any scientific basis for the program, its effectiveness, and how much minorities are disproportionately singled out."
0: https://www.aclu.org/national-security/aclu-sues-tsa-records...
Re: $1B TSA Behavioral Screening Program Slammed as Ineffective Junk Science
#9Sadly there isn't one good site running with this story so I am not sure how we get the facts in the case. It seems the one problem standing in the way of getting the facts is the TSA itself; an agency whose screeners may soon be armed
Armed screeners? That's ridiculous. I don't hear too many stories of shoot outs at the airport. The last thing we need is to turn TSA screeners into a police force. Customs agents are often armed, but they are trained law enforcement as opposed to the misfits making $10 per how searching for smuggled barbecue sauce in a carry on.
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#10I'm just glad that I seem to have passed through whatever set of factors that caused me to be "randomly" selected every time I entered the US for years on end.
Do you usually dress the same, and go through the full body scanners? My wife was upset that she got patted down every time at logan, and then she looked at the display and found out that the TSA didn't like the buttons on the hoodie she liked to fly in. Now she just wears the grey one instead of the red one and flies through every time.