A new study says that asking airline passengers open-ended, conversational questions is 20 times more successful at catching deceptive passengers than the screening method traditionally used in the U.S. and other countries.
The behavioral detection screening program has 2,800 employees and no comprehensive training program, leaving many in Washington to wonder whether the program should be expanded.
In the decade after 9/11, antiterrorist training and strategies have focused on combating the threat from without – al Qaeda and Muslim extremism, with the bulk of our human and technology resources going into public transportation facilities.
Under pressure to meet high demands for stops and searches, TSA behavioral detection officers resort to racial profiling to pad their numbers, according to 32 federal officers at Logan International Airport.