{"id":10477,"date":"2017-07-30T08:33:03","date_gmt":"2017-07-30T12:33:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=10477"},"modified":"2017-07-30T21:22:04","modified_gmt":"2017-07-31T01:22:04","slug":"the-hill-did-tsa-use-my-opeds-for-their-wacky-terrorist-profiles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/30\/the-hill-did-tsa-use-my-opeds-for-their-wacky-terrorist-profiles\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hill: Did TSA Use My Opeds for Their Wacky Terrorist Profiles?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/pundits-blog\/civil-rights\/344466-tsa-justifies-searches-with-op-eds-more-than-facts-is-my\">TheHill.com<\/a><\/h1>\n<h1 id=\"page-title\" class=\"title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/pundits-blog\/civil-rights\/344466-tsa-justifies-searches-with-op-eds-more-than-facts-is-my\">TSA justifies pat downs with op-eds \u2014 is my paper trail to blame?<\/a><\/h1>\n<div class=\"submitted-wrp\"><span class=\"submitted-by\"> By James Bovard, opinion contributor &#8211; <span class=\"submitted-date\">07\/29\/17 01:35 PM EDT<\/span> <\/span><\/div>\n<p>Americans love to grouse about the Transportation Security Agency. I have caterwauled as loudly as anyone over the years. But I learned last week that some of TSA\u2019s absurdities might be my fault.<\/p>\n<p>TSA is proud of its 2600 Behavior Detection Officers (BDOs) who lurk in airports surveilling how travelers swallow, sweat, and blink. \u00a0The Government Accountability Office walloped the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gao.gov\/assets\/690\/686001.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">program last week in a report on the official TSA \u201cindicators\u201d of terrorist intent <\/a>that BDOs ferret out. \u00a0GAO concluded that 98 percent of the studies TSA invoked failed to provide \u201cvalid evidence\u201d to support TSA\u2019s claims. \u00a0Even more stunning, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gao.gov\/assets\/690\/686001.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">almost 80 percent of the \u201csources\u201d TSA invoked were \u201cnews or opinion pieces,\u201d <\/a>all of which GAO dismissed as invalid.<\/p>\n<p>TSA refuses to disclose the list of those articles it offered to GAO so I don\u2019t know if any of my pieces were used to justify its standards. In a<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2004\/08\/18\/opinion\/bag-it.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> 2004 New York Times oped<\/a>, I lamented that TSA agents were looting checked baggage. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2015\/04\/13\/us\/airport-luggage-theft\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">More than 500 TSA employees <\/a>have since been fired for stealing travelers\u2019 property. \u00a0Two years ago, I pointed out in USA Today that dozens of<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/opinion\/2015\/06\/05\/tsa-failure-security-abuses-column\/28490923\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> TSA behavior detection agents in Boston complained <\/a>about the use of nitwit terrorist profiles such as black guys wearing baseball caps backward or Hispanics traveling to Miami. At the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nj.com\/news\/index.ssf\/2011\/06\/report_newark_airport_screener.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Newark airport, TSA behavior detection officers <\/a>fabricated false charges against illegal aliens to boost the program&#8217;s arrest numbers.<\/p>\n<p>After TSA\u2019s secret list of terrorist traveler traits leaked out, I mocked the BDOs targeting people who were<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/opinion\/2015\/06\/05\/tsa-failure-security-abuses-column\/28490923\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> yawning, hand wringing, and gazing down<\/a>. My favorite TSA warning sign was &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/opinion\/2015\/06\/05\/tsa-failure-security-abuses-column\/28490923\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">excessive complaints about the screening process&#8221; <\/a>\u2014 which explains why TSA agents often treat me like an al Qaeda operative. \u00a0No wonder <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2014\/aug\/20\/letter-to-the-editor-tsa-holds-employees-to-highes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TSA chief John Pistole denounced <\/a>me for disparaging and maligning TSA employees.<\/p>\n<p>TSA recently reduced the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gao.gov\/assets\/690\/686001.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">number of terrorist warning signs from 94 to 36<\/a>, but there are still some howlers in the mostly-secret list \u2014 including \u201csweating heavily\u201d (for which TSA offered 63 invalid studies)<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gao.gov\/assets\/690\/686001.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">. GAO also scoffed <\/a>at the notion that TSA agents could detect terrorists by \u201cassessing the way an individual swallows or evaluating the degree to which an individual\u2019s eyes are open.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>TSA was undaunted by GAO\u2019s drubbing. \u00a0The agency vindicated itself by trumpeting how BDOs watch out for \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gao.gov\/assets\/690\/686001.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cunusual exposed wires or electrical switches on a person<\/a>\u201d seeking to board a plane. \u00a0\u00a0But do we need a special TSA program to recognize would-be terrorists who received all their \u201ctraining\u201d from Road Runner cartoons featuring Wile E. Coyote assembling an Acme Bomb Kit?<\/p>\n<p>TSA could not provide a single example of its elite corps thwarting a threat to civil aviation. \u00a0However, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gao.gov\/assets\/690\/686001.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TSA proudly cited one case <\/a>\u201cwhere TSA\u2019s behavior detection activities led to the identification of an individual attempting to conceal illegal drugs at an airport screening checkpoint.\u201d \u00a0Since this particular program has cost <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ocregister.com\/2017\/02\/15\/tsas-behavior-detection-program-a-wasteful-flop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">more than a billion<\/a> since 2007, this could be the most expensive drug seizure in U.S. history.<\/p>\n<p>TSA recently modified operations to occasionally assign BDOs to other TSA activities where they continue to exploit their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gao.gov\/assets\/690\/686001.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cbehavior detection capabilities<\/a>.\u201d \u00a0But those 34 warning signs will continue to vex hapless travelers. \u00a0TSA still classifies all details about terrorist swallowing as a state secret. (The<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/powerpost\/wp\/2017\/03\/06\/gop-democrats-blast-tsa-for-withholding-information\/?utm_term=.138a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Homeland Security Inspector General slammed TSA <\/a>for \u201cunjustifiable and inconsistent and arbitrary\u201d use of the \u201csensitive security information label\u201d to shroud its policies and blunders.)<\/p>\n<p>Since TSA was created in 2002, Americans have perennially been assured that the agency is smarter than it looks. Last week\u2019s GAO report is a reminder that there is often nothing behind the curtain of harebrained policies except for bogus claims and hackneyed oped pieces. Regardless, I will be more careful about what I write about the agency.<\/p>\n<p><em>James Bovard, author of \u201c<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Public-Policy-Hooligan-Rollicking-Washington-ebook\/dp\/B00AKZH97W\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Public Policy Hooligan<\/em><\/a><em>,<\/em>\u201d<em> is a member of USA TODAY\u2019s board of contributors. Follow him on Twitter <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>@JimBovard<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TheHill.com TSA justifies pat downs with op-eds \u2014 is my paper trail to blame? By James Bovard, opinion contributor &#8211; 07\/29\/17 01:35 PM EDT Americans love to grouse about the Transportation Security Agency. I have caterwauled as loudly as anyone over the years. 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