It is good to know that there is some profiling going on. However, I wonder how many of these Behavioral Detection Officers are actually employed by the TSA. If I were to guess, based on appearances alone, I would assume that the numbers are quite low. Most of the TSA agents I have seen and encountered don’t appear to be highly educated and trained. They don’t look like they are “looking” for behaviors. They are just trying to get their job done, which is to move people from one part of an assembly line to the next point.
Nevadan wrote:” Most of the TSA agents I have seen and encountered don’t appear to be highly educated and trained.”
When you hire people from ads on pizza boxes, you don’t get the brightest bulb in the package:
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/federal-eye/2010/07/tsa_using_pizza_boxes_to_recru.html
If TSA changed to a behavioral profiling method for initial screening, highly intelligent, well-trained people would be needed. TSA would no longer be a highly paid (relative to low skill needed) jobs program for Dem voters. Though it would be better for preventing terrorist attacks on planes, it probably won't happen....can't upset those voters /s