How the TSA spots terrorists

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By Julian Hattem | The Hill

“Excessive throat clearing,” “widely open staring eyes” and “exaggerating yawning” all might be signs that an airplane passenger is secretly a terrorist, according to the Transportation Safety Administration.

A confidential agency checklist obtained and pubished by the Intercept on Friday shows what airport security agents use to judge that someone might have malicious intentions, as part of the TSA’s Screening of Passengers by Observation Techniques (SPOT) program.

The checklist, which is used by trained officers, helps to detect potential threats mingling among crowds in an airport.

It assigns one point for a series of “stress” factors, such as “sweaty palms,” “obvious ‘Adam’s Apple’ jump” when asked to be screened and arriving late for a flight.

Two points are given for “fear” factors, such as a “cold penetrating stare” or “bulges in clothing.”

Three points are assigned for “deception” factors such as appearing to be in disguise or asking questions about security.

Two points are taken off for being a member of a family or being in a married couple over 55 years of age. Another point is deducted for women over 55 or men over 65 years old.

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