Internal TSA files reveal that they have no evidence the $1B "behavioral detection" program works

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@doctorow

In 2013, the TSA blew $1B on “behavioral detection,” which would allegedly train agents to spot potential terrorists by looking for a hilariously stupid list of “tells” including “a bobbing adam’s apple,” “arriving late,” “trembling,” “yawning,” “excessive throat clearing,” “improper attire,” “gazing down,” and “wide open staring eyes,” Also: “being in disguise.”

I hope they did not forget to teach the agents to have an eye out for “lugging a large bomb around”, “cackling maniacally”, “having an eye patch and stroking a large white cat while smoking a cigar” and “wearing an imposing, black helmet or steampunky mask that makes your breathing sound funny”.

Or is that “improper attire”?