Thursday, August 16, 2007

More Big Brother: TSA Monitoring Body Language

No, this isn't a follow-up to my post on the TV version of Big Brother, but the Orwellian variety. Earlier, I ran a piece on technology being developed at the behest of the Department of Homeland Security that could read body language and facial expressions. Well, I guess they couldn't wait, because TSA agents are now being trained to do just that.

[Excerpt]

TSA agents watch suspicious body language

New airport agents have been trained to check for bad intentions in travelers' facial expressions.

BY KAITLIN DIRRIG

WASHINGTON -- Next time you go to the airport, there may be more eyes on you than you notice.

Specially trained security personnel are watching body language and facial cues of passengers for signs of bad intentions. The watcher could be the attendant who hands you the tray for your laptop or the one standing behind the ticket-checker. Or the one next to the curbside baggage attendant.

They're called behavior detection officers, and they're part of several recent security upgrades, Transportation Security Administrator Kip Hawley told an aviation industry group in Washington last month. He described them as ``a wonderful tool to be able to identify and do risk management prior to somebody coming into the airport or approaching the crowded checkpoint.''


Read more at: MiamiHerald.com

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