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Excessive yawners, beware! Leaked TSA document reveals list of suspicious airport behavior
Wow, great job. :thumb:
Source: http://rt.com/usa/244721-tsa-behavior-checklist-leak/
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Arriving late to a flight with a confused look on your face and sweaty palms is enough to arouse suspicion among airport security screeners, according to an internal Transportation Security Administration document released by The Intercept.
On Friday, the online publication released a 92-point checklist that the TSA has reportedly used to determine if air travel passengers might pose a potential risk if allowed to board flights departing from United States airports.
The two-page document is not top-secret, but does contain an itemized, never-before-published list of traits and characteristics that TSA agents are trained to look for in accordance with the Screening of Passengers by Observation Techniques program, or SPOT, initiated by the agency in the wake of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks.
Each entry on the checklist is allocated a specific amount of "points," and TSA agents are advised to refer travelers that accumulate enough to surpass certain thresholds.
A passenger who "arrives late for flight," "avoids eye contact with security," exhibits "exaggerated yawning" or appears to look pale from a recent beard shaving is allocated one point for each of those 'Stress Factors' on the SPOT Referral Report published by The Intercept. Four points is enough to refer a person for additional screening.
If combined with an "obvious 'Adam's Apple' jump" and excessive sweating, a passenger garners six points and should be referred to the police.
'Fear Factors' that are valued at two points each include "widely open staring eyes," a "cold penetrating stare" and a noticeable "contempt for the screening process."
Wow, great job. :thumb:
Source: http://rt.com/usa/244721-tsa-behavior-checklist-leak/
Transportation Security Administration - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia