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.