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Exclusive: TSAs Secret Behavior Checklist to Spot Terrorists

01 April 2015

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"Fidgeting, whistling, sweaty palms. Add one point each. Arrogance, a cold penetrating stare, and rigid posture, two points. These are just a few of the suspicious signs that the Transportation Security Administration directs its officers to look out for and score in airport travelers, according to a confidential TSA document obtained exclusively by The Intercept.

The checklist is part of TSAs controversial program to identify potential terrorists based on behaviors that it thinks indicate stress or deception known as the Screening of Passengers by Observation Techniques, or SPOT."

See the article: Exclusive: TSAs Secret Behavior Checklist to Spot Terrorists (The Intercept, link)

And see: TSA document (pdf)

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