The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) still has no idea whether the use of behavior detection techniques used by security officers to screen for potential terrorists at the nation’s airports are scientifically valid and it may be “years” before there is scientific basis to know this, a Government Accountability Official (GAO) official said yesterday. DHS completed in April a validation study of the Transportation Security Agency’s (TSA) behavior detection program, called SPOT, that concluded it “was more effective than random…
Scientific Validity of TSA’s Behavior Detection Use May Be ‘Years Away,’ GAO Says
Defense Daily Staff
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