LAST year, a woman travelling through Tulsa International Airport grew nervous when she saw security agents swabbing passengers’ hands for traces of explosives. The woman asked if they were testing for DNA. “Yes,” the agent smirked. “In a minute we will see if the DNA is OK.” The detector cleared the passenger, and she continued on her way, unaware of why she had actually been swabbed.
She was also unaware of what the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) would do with that anecdote. In fact, a mocking retelling of the story appeared in the October employee newsletter for TSA behaviour detection officers under the heading “BDO Funnies”.
This weekend, the Intercept published six editions of the BDO newsletter that it had obtained, full of tales of clueless passengers. The revelation that agents are publishing taunting accounts of their interactions with flyers is enough to make passengers nervous. But the nature of the BDO apparatus...Continue reading
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