Mandra wrote:
> At the Air****t, You Better Smile
> 'Behavior Detection Officers' are now watching passengers' facial
> expressions for signs of danger
>
> by Patti Davis
>
> Global Research,
> August 18, 2007
> Newsweek, Web Edition
> www.globalresearch.ca/
>
> It's a new level of absurdity for America.
>
> It was bound to happen. Now even a frown or grimace can get you into
trouble
> with The Man.
>
> "Specially trained security personnel" will be watching passengers for
> "micro-expressions" that will reveal treacherous agendas and insidious
> intentions at air****ts around the country. These agents, who may
literally
> hold your fate in their hands have been given a lofty, Orwellian name:
> "Behavior Detection Officers."
>
> Did anyone ever doubt that George Orwell's prophecies in "1984" would
>
> arrive? In that novel, he wrote, "You had to live-did live, from habit
that
> became instinct-in the assumption that every sound you made was
overheard
> and, except in darkness, every movement scrutinized."
>
> In the study of "micro-expressions"-yes, it is actually a field of study
and
> there are some who are arrogant enough to call it a science- it has been
> decided that when people wish to conceal emotions, the truth of their
> feelings is revealed in facial flashes. These experts have determined
that
> fear and disgust are the key things to look for because they can hint of
> deception.
>
> Let's see, fear and disgust in an air****t? I'm frightened and disgusted
> weeks before I have to show up at an air****t. In fact, I've pretty much
> sworn off the whole idea of going anywhere by airplane. It's bad enough
that
> I might be trapped in a crowded plane with no food or water and
nonworking
> toilets for hours; now there are security agents interpreting our facial
> expressions. The face police, in place at more than a dozen U.S.
air****ts
> already, aren't identified as such. But the watcher could be at curbside
> baggage, the ticket counter or near the metal detectors and X-ray
machines.
> The Trans****tation Security Administration hopes to have as many as 500
> Behavior Detection Officers on the job by the end of 2008.
>
> But what about the woman who is getting on a plane to see a dying
relative?
> Or the man who is traveling to another state to see a cancer specialist
in a
> last bid for extending his life? What about the guy who just had a fight
> with his spouse and now worries that a plane crash would mean their last
> words were in anger? We've all had the experience of having a bad day,
being
> in a rotten mood-especially at the air****t, which has become a
modern-day
> chamber or horrors. On those days, doesn't it seem like everyone we meet
> looks sour and unpleasant? The opposite is also true. When we're happy
and
> joyful, we look at others and see happiness in them. Or even if we
don't, we
> look at them kindly and with compassion. It's human nature to look at
others
> through the lens of our own reality.
>
> Here's where it gets really absurd. Apparently, these Behavior Detection
> Officers work in pairs. One scenario is that an officer might move in to
> "help" a passenger retrieve their belongings after they've been
screened.
> And then the officer will ask where the passenger is headed. If the
> passenger's reaction sets off alarm bells in the officer's well-trained
> mind, another officer will move in and detain them. Let's be really
clear
> here. If a stranger moved in on me like that, I'd tell that person to go
to
> hell, throw in a few other expletives for good measure and probably give
> them the finger as I stomped off. Of course, I wouldn't be stomping very
> far.
>
> So while TSA employees are confiscating our scissors and water bottles,
> they're going to secretly be staring at us, looking for some telltale
sign
> of terrorist intent in a grimace, a sigh, a crinkled nose? Who knows
what?
> In the end, the Behavior Detection Officers are the ones who are really
> acting suspicious. Which is the truth of the matter anyway.
>
>
>
Why not just skip all this crap and get right to the water-boarding.
All passengers will be water-boarded until they can convince the
interrogator they have no plans to hijack the airplane, that jeebus is
their personal savior and cite the pledge of allegiance.
Additional measures may be necessary depending on the color coded threat
level.
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