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The TSA’s new crime fighting tool: Precognition

Posted in Tech by Dan at 9:00 am
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The Transportation Security Administration has been experimenting with a new anti-terror program: screening passengers’ faces for ‘evil intent.’

This is not a new concept, the TSA is taking this page from Israeli airport security. Dedicated agents will not look for bombs, guns or knives. Instead, the assignment is to find anyone with evil intent.

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What is evil intent? Basically the agents look for telltale facial feature, and the approach and question the passenger who is emoting ‘odd’ behaviors.

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6 Responses to “The TSA’s new crime fighting tool: Precognition”

  1. Paul says:

    Which one of these faces would constitute ‘evil intent’? Seems to be a load of crap.

  2. ClaMs says:

    They forgot the ‘About to fart’ face.

  3. padieg says:

    I’m pretty sure Tom Cruise leads this project

  4. chad says:

    this seems like something out of that one Tom Cruise movie… where they arrest people before murders happen… 15 years, we will be living in the Matrix ;)

  5. Nate MC says:

    i always have the look of disgust on my face when they stop me for every fucking “random” search.

  6. Roy says:

    Isn’t this profiling, and isn’t profiling considered evil?

    In the morning of any flight, I eat copious amounts of pork products, then when checking in I ask if there are any Muslims on the plane I’m going to board. Then I talk about all the pork I ate and how this pork will mix with their bodies should the infidels destroy the plane.

    hehehe none of them will make it to their heaven if I’m on board.

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