Planning a trip to the United States?

Be careful.  But not too careful.  TSA “Behavior Detection Officers” are watching, closely.

Photo: AFP

As The Intercept reports, the US Transportation Security Administration’s new checklist of suspicious Behaviors is quite long.  A handy sampler:

• exaggerated yawning
• excessive throat clearing
• widely open staring eyes
• wearing improper attire for location
• gazing down
• exaggerated or repetitive grooming gestures
• rigid posture
• a bobbing Adam’s apple
• arriving late for flight
• and so on.

Remember: Avoid repetitive grooming gestures, excessive throat clearing, rigid posture, and – oh, just avoid all Behaviors, of any kind.

And welcome to the United States.

* For a short trip with eyes widely open into the murky depths of surveillance, see Bold Scientists.  Read an excerpt here.  Scroll down to chapter 6, The Cloud.