Rep. Thompson asks TSA to suspend behavior detection

Rep. Thompson asks TSA to suspend behavior detection

Amid new reports of racial profiling in the Transportation Security Administration’s behavior detection program, Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) asked TSA on Aug. 13 to suspend the program.

Thompson, the ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee, said in a letter (.pdf) to TSA Administrator John Pistole that Congress has yet to see a third-party validation of the program’s scientific basis. Thompson also asked for a cost-benefit analysis for the program.

Thompson has repeatedly called for more evidence that the program works and has safeguards to prevent racial profiling, such as in a letter (.pdf) to Pistole from Aug. 12, 2011.

fiercehomelandsecurity.com
8/16/12