Report: TSA Anti-Terror Methods Lack Scientific Basis

July 24, 2017

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) cannot prove that an overwhelming majority of the behavior indicators it uses to stop terrorists are scientifically valid, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO).

In preflight security screenings, the TSA uses 36 types of behavioral detection to try to spot passengers who exhibit behaviors associated with stress or fear.

Read more: http://thehill.com/policy/transportation/343197-gao-report-hammers-tsas-unscientific-methods-to-spot-terrorists