{"id":993,"date":"2011-10-17T16:40:00","date_gmt":"2011-10-17T16:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/tsa-expands-use-of-chat-downs\/"},"modified":"2018-11-19T14:40:30","modified_gmt":"2018-11-19T14:40:30","slug":"tsa-expands-use-of-chat-downs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/tsa-expands-use-of-chat-downs\/","title":{"rendered":"TSA Expands Use of \u201cChat-Downs\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The TSA insists chat-downs will not lead to longer checkpoint waits <\/strong><\/div>\n

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Passengers arriving on flights to Detroit<\/a><\/strong> may soon experience a \u201cchat-down\u201d from TSA agents, a new security technique which aims to weed out suspicious passengers through a series of conversational questions.<\/p>\n

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During \u201cchat-downs,\u201d agents may ask select passengers at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport <\/a><\/strong>about their travel plans or certain items they are carrying. Suspicious answers may lead to more thorough questioning.<\/p>\n

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The technique is an expansion of the widely-used Screening Passengers by Observation Technique (also known as SPOT), which has been in place at nearly 160 airports since 2007.<\/p>\n

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Despite concerns, the TSA <\/strong>says the one minute screenings will not lead to longer waits at checkpoints.<\/p>\n

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The administration estimates that nearly 100,000 travelers have been interviewed since the pilot program kicked off in Boston back in August.<\/p>\n

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Source: Businessweek <\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Flickr image courtesy of corsairstw <\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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