menu
|
April 14, 2011

GAO: TSA's behavior screening program has no scientific proof that it works

GAO: TSA’s behavior screening program has no scientific proof that it works – Homeland Security Newswire
Last week a Government Accountability Office (GAO) official testified before Congress stating that the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) behavioral analysis program contained critical flaws and was unable to identify terrorists at least twenty-three times as they boarded aircrafts.
In 2003 DHS established its Screening of Passengers by Observation Techniques (SPOT) program that was designed to identify potential attackers by analyzing an individual’s behavior.

GAO: TSA’s behavior screening program has no scientific proof that it works – Homeland Security Newswire

Last week a Government Accountability Office (GAO) official testified before Congress stating that the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) behavioral analysis program contained critical flaws and was unable to identify terrorists at least twenty-three times as they boarded aircrafts.

In 2003 DHS established its Screening of Passengers by Observation Techniques (SPOT) program that was designed to identify potential attackers by analyzing an individual’s behavior.

Read More
  • Al

    As a retired Customs(CBP) Inspector GAO report…, well maybe they need an education! Behavioral analysis NOT a science based in 6th sense…, that feeling…., vibe…., whatever you care to dub it. If TSA NOT training/applying right another story!