More idiocy by the TSA

[rotorwrench]

That makes me wonder, have you personally seen any of these data or analyses which purport to show either that Israeli behavioral profiling or their system as a whole detects and stops terrorists?

I've seen white papers and reports used in legal cases that detailed the Israeli system along with supporting references. As I recall, the aviation security consultants that shared these items gave several realtime examples of how the system works and why it succeeds where others fail. But I don't remember if those papers had any hard data/analysis included. However, it could have been there as it wasn't something that piqued my interest.

 

[PeterNSteinmetz]

I don't remember if those papers had any hard data/analysis included. However, it could have been there as it wasn't something that piqued my interest.

Did any of the examples mentioned emphasize behavioral profiling as why this worked?

 

[rotorwrench]

Did any of the examples mentioned emphasize behavioral profiling as why this worked?

In general, people have physical and mental “tells” when performing everyday activities. Most of those tells can be tracked. And just as agencies like the FBI have behavioral profiling departments, the Israeli system takes those methods along with physical searches and apply it pax screening.

As I recall, the subconscious causes the underlying “tells” and trained individuals are able look for and assimilate those tells over a tiered screening system. Each tier is keyed to how the previous tier interaction went. And its mostly done through verbal challenges/conversation and physical observation. The US CBP and Immigration use a similar approach when interrogating people and look for similar tells.