2011 Apr 15 - Headline News

Washington (CNN) -- Don't like the way airport screeners are doing their job? You might not want to complain too much while standing in line.

Arrogant
complaining about airport security is one indicator Transportation
Security Administration officers consider when looking for possible
criminals and terrorists, CNN has learned exclusively. And, when
combined with other behavioral indicators, it could result in a traveler
facing additional scrutiny.

CNN has obtained a list of roughly 70 "behavioral indicators" that TSA behavior detection officers use to
identify
potentially "high risk" passengers at the nation's airports. Many of
the indicators, as characterized in open government reports, are
behaviors and appearances that may be indicative of stress, fear or
deception. None of them, as the TSA has long said, refer to or suggest
race, religion or ethnicity.

But one addresses passengers' attitudes towards security, and how they express those attitudes.

It reads: "Very arrogant and expresses contempt against airport passenger procedures."

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http://www.cnn.com/2011/TRAVEL/04/15/tsa.screeners.complain/index.html

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