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November 19, 2013

GAO: TSA Should Limit Future Funding for Behavior Detection Activities
— Purple Avenger

GAO-14-159, Nov 8, 2013

Available evidence does not support whether behavioral indicators, which are used in the Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) Screening of Passengers by Observation Techniques (SPOT) program, can be used to identify persons who may pose a risk to aviation security. GAO reviewed four meta-analyses (reviews that analyze other studies and synthesize their findings) that included over 400 studies from the past 60 years and found that the human ability to accurately identify deceptive behavior based on behavioral indicators is the same as or slightly better than chance. Further, the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) April 2011 study conducted to validate SPOT's behavioral indicators did not demonstrate their effectiveness because of study limitations, including the use of unreliable data...

...TSA began deploying the SPOT program in fiscal year 2007--and has since spent about $900 million--to identify persons who may pose a risk to aviation security through the observation of behavioral indicators. In May 2010, GAO concluded, among other things, that TSA deployed SPOT without validating its scientific basis and SPOT lacked performance measures...

...Congress should consider the absence of scientifically validated evidence for using behavioral indicators to identify threats to aviation security when assessing the potential benefits and cost in making future funding decisions for aviation security. GAO included this matter because DHS did not concur with GAOÂ’s recommendation that TSA limit future funding for these activities until it can provide such evidence...

$900M spent on something of sketchy value.
Sound familiar?

Posted by: Purple Avenger at 09:59 PM | Comments (77)
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1 $900M spent on something of sketchy value.
Sound familiar?

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Mmmmmmmm sweet government money.

-Dims everywhere

Posted by: Darth Randall at November 19, 2013 10:03 PM (KlVdw)

So what are the odds on another $900M or so on further research.

This isn't as bad as the 1 billion wasted on Obama(don't)Care. Afterall, now we get to pay to get it fixed.

Posted by: Darth Randall at November 19, 2013 10:04 PM (KlVdw)

3 well it has the same effectiveness of walmart scrapping loss prevention and using greeters to identify who the shop lifters are.

Posted by: nabqrules at November 19, 2013 10:06 PM (Irq86)

4 I don't know, maybe it's because I've had three beers, but I tried reading that gobbledygook sprinkled with acronyms five times and couldn't make heads or tails of it. Oh, and is that a picture of Harry Reid's rectum? Or is it an Orwellian memory hole? Either would be apt considering the historical era we find ourselves living in.

Posted by: BubbaLou at November 19, 2013 10:07 PM (/cUUk)

5 Profiling Muslims is Free.

Posted by: garrett at November 19, 2013 10:08 PM (WSGtJ)

6 actually profiling works if you take the pc bullshit out look and the Israelis, they do it right

Posted by: navycopjoe at November 19, 2013 10:10 PM (EazDf)

7 Profiling Muslims is Free RACIST!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: navycopjoe at November 19, 2013 10:11 PM (EazDf)

8 900 million here, 900 million there, and suddenly you're talking real money.

Posted by: That Monoply guy with the monocle and walrus mustache and the pin-striped trousers at November 19, 2013 10:11 PM (/cUUk)

9 better yet, why not just shitcan the entire TSA and privatize security to work at the airport?

Posted by: navycopjoe at November 19, 2013 10:13 PM (EazDf)

10 The GAO and the NSA with the TSA must be PC and SPOT on or the DHS will be POed.

Posted by: The guy who says FU at November 19, 2013 10:14 PM (/cUUk)

11 actually profiling works if you take the pc bullshit out

When you drill even deeper into this, there's a GAO IG report on it that says the specific behavioral points TSA is profiling on are not close to complete or necessarily effective.

Posted by: Purp[/i][/b][/s] at November 19, 2013 10:15 PM (Xlbr8)

12 I can SPOT one a mile away.
One what?
Whatever!

Posted by: DaveA at November 19, 2013 10:15 PM (DL2i+)

13 navycopjoe at November 20, 2013 02:13 AM (EazDf) cut, jib, newsletter, pant creases ...

Posted by: Adriane... at November 19, 2013 10:15 PM (jdRXP)

14 better yet, why not just shitcan the entire TSA and privatize security to work at the airport?

Posted by: navycopjoe at November 20, 2013 02:13 AM (EazDf)

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Good luck with that. Didn't the TSA get to Unionize?

Posted by: Darth Randall at November 19, 2013 10:16 PM (KlVdw)

15 900M$ buys a LOT of dog food.

Posted by: DaveA at November 19, 2013 10:16 PM (DL2i+)

900M$ buys a LOT of

Bacons.

Posted by: garrett at November 19, 2013 10:18 PM (WSGtJ)

17 I recently went on a trip thru Newark.
I hadn't slept well the night before and was a bit tired when I got to Newark.
Mix that with my grey hair and the TSA agents were asking if I was over 70 .. the age at which they don't bother to test old farts.
I've got too many years to go before I get there, but it did generate a good laugh.

Posted by: Ultra Man at November 19, 2013 10:18 PM (e8kgV)

18 #14 For a split second I read "Unionize" as "Unicornize." It works for me.

Posted by: If you like your delusions, you can't keep your delusions at November 19, 2013 10:19 PM (/cUUk)

19 Here's an idea...let's take the next 20 people to walk through the Gestapo checkpoints at every state capitol airport, send them to DC to replace the current crop of fucking losers making laws that affect all of us, give them 4 years, term limited, to turn shit around? Given 55% will be women...one of them my wife...she'll represent Colorado...about 10% will be racial arsonists, 5% from Guatemala or Mexico, and the remainder, white guys who won't admit it...I'm willing to bet we'd be better off than with the current assholes in office...I'd vote for my garbage man...at least he puts in the effort and can't be bought by the moneyed few...think of the possibilities. Folks...the middle class and those who think like us are the majority...it's well past time to act like it....

Posted by: CODefender at November 19, 2013 10:20 PM (A/hoZ)

20 Fact: Chuck Norris doesn't cheat death. He wins fair and square.

Born: March 10, 1940 (age 73), Ryan, OK

No way he qualifies as an old fart.

Posted by: Ultra Man at November 19, 2013 10:20 PM (e8kgV)

21 #18 #14 For a split second I read "Unionize" as "Unicornize." It works for me. Well, never play leapfrog with the TSA, so ... meh, six of one, half dozen of the other ...

Posted by: Adriane... at November 19, 2013 10:22 PM (jdRXP)

Posted by: CODefender at November 20, 2013 02:20 AM (A/hoZ)

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You don't really expect us to work for a living do you?

Posted by: The Democrat Party at November 19, 2013 10:23 PM (KlVdw)

23 "actually profiling works if you take the pc bullshit out / look and the Israelis, they do it right"

Except that trying to run the Israeli security model in the USA would totally collapse the air travel system. America is a far larger country with much more air travel going on. That model is inefficient even at Israel's size. It does not scale.

How many of you are prepared to spend six hours _minimum_ at the airport before boarding? Possibly longer? With extremely intensive, intrusive personal interviewing thrown into the bargain? Now multiply that experience by the huge numbers of people moving by air every day.

There was an absolutely fascinating interview with the guy who is the head of the Israeli equivalent of TSA. He talked about the very real, very substantial costs and tradeoffs and questions they had to deal with in designing their security. This was years ago, and I probably can't find it now, but I'll try.

Posted by: torquewrench at November 19, 2013 10:23 PM (gqT4g)

24 That model is inefficient even at Israel's size. It does not scale. High Speed Trains, my friend. High Speed Trains!

Posted by: Adriane... at November 19, 2013 10:27 PM (jdRXP)

25 >> Good luck with that. Didn't the TSA get to Unionize?

Yes, and after 'they' vowed that it would never happen.

That ejaculate taste in your mouth? Never happened.

As to just how effective the Israeli behavioral profiling is, I have some doubts there too. They have always taken airline security a bit more seriously, so just the knowledge of that fact may be the best reason their security works. Plus I'm sure they aren't applying theirs in an oh so PC a fashion.

Posted by: GnuBreed at November 19, 2013 10:29 PM (wNF3N)

26 The authorizing legislation said the TSA would not be unionized but they found this judge who said they could.

Posted by: Ultra Man at November 19, 2013 10:31 PM (e8kgV)

27 75 yr olds get to keep their shoes and jackets on. Focker in front of me was 74. Except he wasn't in front of me, until the TSA bitch pulled him from another line to go through the checkpoint. I H8 everyone.

Posted by: Osoloco at November 19, 2013 10:31 PM (k7WbY)

28 A 27-year-old woman who allegedly bit her boyfriend's penis through his pants during an argument yesterday morning has been charged. Georgia's Sade Rene Greene is accused of scratching her live-in lover's face and neck and chomping on his manhood at their Magnolia Terrace, Athens, home about 12.45am. The woman's father, 52-year-old Ricky Levell Greene, has also been charged after allegedly punching the victim in the mouth.

Posted by: Ricky Levell Greene at November 19, 2013 10:31 PM (e8kgV)

29 "I recently went on a trip thru Newark."

Beats staying.

Posted by: torquewrench at November 19, 2013 10:35 PM (gqT4g)

30 A sharply divided Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed Texas to continue enforcing abortion restrictions that opponents say have led more than a third of the state's clinics to stop providing abortions.

The justices voted 5-4 to leave in effect a provision requiring doctors who perform abortions in clinics to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital.

The court's conservative majority refused the plea of Planned Parenthood and several Texas abortion clinics to overturn a preliminary federal appeals court ruling that allowed the provision to take effect.

The four liberal justices dissented.

The case remains on appeal to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans. That court is expected to hear arguments in January, and the law will remain in effect at least until then.

Posted by: Terry Randall at November 19, 2013 10:40 PM (e8kgV)

31 Albuquerque just voted to remain a late term abortion destination for the Mountain West. Meh. What's the difference between firing at a minivan full of kids in Taos. cavity searches in Deming, and LTA in Albuquerque?

Posted by: Osoloco at November 19, 2013 10:43 PM (k7WbY)

32 WASHINGTONÂ—According to an urgent report issued today by the White House, a terrified and frantic President Obama is currently trapped inside the healthcare.gov website.

Early reports indicate the president inadvertently became physically enmeshed in the inner workings of the online health insurance exchange at approximately 11:48 a.m. this morning, and is at this very moment attempting to find any possible means of escape from the highly unstable and dangerous healthcare.gov internal network.

Â“Please, if anyone can hear me, I need help!Â” said Obama, his voice reportedly echoing endlessly in the distance as he carefully stepped along a green grid of individual and family enrollment information. Â“Is anyone there? Can anyone hear me? IÂ’m Barack Obama, President of the United States of America! I need to get out of here!Â”

Â“Oh, dear God, there has to be a way out,Â” continued Obama, ducking as several lines of text guaranteeing coverage for preexisting conditions flew just inches above his head. Â“There has to be.Â”

... OK .. it's The Onion

Posted by: Steve Hannah at November 19, 2013 10:45 PM (e8kgV)

33 31 Albuquerque just voted to remain a late term abortion destination for the Mountain West. Meh. What's the difference between firing at a minivan full of kids in Taos. cavity searches in Deming, and LTA in Albuquerque?

Nobody in their right mind would ever go to New Mexico

Posted by: Gov Susana Martinez at November 19, 2013 10:46 PM (e8kgV)

34 In essence, the purpose of the Regulatory Flexibility Act is to require that agencies not mindlessly adopt one-size-fits-all regulations. Congress recognized that regulations designed to regulate large entities may impose disproportionate and unreasonable burdens on small businesses and small legal entities. As a result, ATF was obligated to examine the impact its proposed rule would have on small entities. ATF Â“certifiedÂ” that it had complied with the Regulatory Flexibility Act. But there is nothing in ATFÂ’s proposed rule that makes any distinction between a major manufacturer of NFA firearms, on the one hand, and a small, sole proprietor Federal Firearms Licensee (Â“FFLÂ”) dealer (or small to medium sized manufacturer), on the other hand. ATF also did not distinguish between those Chief Law Enforcement Officers (Â“CLEOsÂ”) who represent large jurisdictions, like a State Attorney General, and CLEOs who represent small jurisdictions, like the police chief of a small town.

Posted by: Smith & Wesson at November 19, 2013 10:50 PM (e8kgV)

35 better yet, why not just shitcan the entire TSA and privatize security to work at the airport?

Posted by: navycopjoe at November 20, 2013 02:13 AM (EazDf)

Careful there NCJ, you're sounding a lot like a libertarian. Keep that up and they will make you take off the (D) at the end of your name.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at November 19, 2013 10:53 PM (xa1/W)

36 Taurophobia is the fear of bulls.

How is that a phobia?

Posted by: Tommy Flanagan, The Pathological Liar at November 19, 2013 10:53 PM (e8kgV)

37 FORT COLLINS, Colo. Â— The Colorado healthcare exchange has processed applications for thousands of people Â… and one dog.

Shane Smith, of Fort Collins, says his dog Baxter received a letter informing him that a health insurance account had been opened in his name through Connect for Health Colorado.

Â“I thought, Â‘Wow, this is so awesome,Â’Â” Smith said with a laugh. Â“They have gone out of their way to insure my 14-year-old Yorkie.Â”

Smith had called Connect for Health Colorado to sign himself up for insurance because his old plan was cancelled due to Obamacare.

HeÂ’s not sure exactly how the confirmation letter went to his dog, but he says he thinks itÂ’s because of a series of security questions a representative asked him over the phone.

Posted by: Rin Tin Tin at November 19, 2013 10:55 PM (e8kgV)

38 Miss Me Yet ??

Posted by: W at November 19, 2013 11:01 PM (e8kgV)

39 Jim Rogers hope-driven wish is that the politicians were smart enough at some point to say (to the central bankers), "we've got to stop this, this is going to be bad." He adds, on the incoming QEeen, "sheÂ’s not going to stop it, first of all she doesn't believe in stopping it, she thinks printing money is good." However, Rogers warns in this excellent interview with Birch Gold, "eventually the markets will just say, "We're not going to play this game anymore", and we'll have a serious collapse." The world is blinded by central bank liquidity, and as Rogers somewhat mockingly notes "if everybody says the sky is blue, I urge you to look out the window and see if it's blue because I have found that most people won't even bother to look out the window..." Rogers concludes, "everybody should own some precious metals as an insurance policy," because as he ominously warns, when 'it' collapses, "there will be big change.

Syndrome: "Once everybody has a trillion dollar, nobody will have a trillion dollars" ... or something like that

Posted by: Gordon Gekko at November 19, 2013 11:05 PM (e8kgV)

40 TSA funding the Amazing Karnak research is no worse than the Reagan era funding of the ghostbusters...

Posted by: sven10077 at November 20, 2013 12:47 AM (9jfyN)

41 http://tinyurl.com/jwmvc4c

Al-NYT notices that NYPD is shooting more folk

Posted by: sven10077 at November 20, 2013 12:54 AM (9jfyN)

42 'Man's Country' is not monitored. BF Barry and Rahm told me so.

Posted by: Regie Love at November 20, 2013 01:02 AM (q4QfH)

43 Each and everynone of the 20 hijackers were here on immigration violations. They were all known to various federal agencies. Each and every one of them were muslim. There was a solution to the problem that dod not require thecreation of the tsa.

Posted by: Kreplach at November 20, 2013 01:25 AM (5TFvk)

44 43 Kreplach at November 20, 2013 05:25 AM (5TFvk)

That would involve using judgement....and we all know that the only judgement liberals can use is that the GOP is guilty of thought crime.

Posted by: sven10077 at November 20, 2013 01:27 AM (9jfyN)

45 Profiling is like everything else. There are those who can do it and then there are those who say they can do it.

Posted by: Insomniac at November 20, 2013 01:30 AM (xH4it)

46 If that $900,000,000 went to the pockets of politically connected Democrats, the money was not wasted. It is a wise investment in our children's future and a commitment to a brighter future or something.

Posted by: Politically Connected Democrat at November 20, 2013 01:37 AM (BcCwi)

47 46 Politically Connected Democrat at November 20, 2013 05:37 AM (BcCwi)

My TN estate that uses enough power a small nuclear reactor would be sensible....

"fort he children"

//Al Albert ALgore Gore esq

Posted by: sven10077 at November 20, 2013 01:39 AM (9jfyN)

48 Even if profiling works, which I suspect it might, I have never met a TSA worker who would be smart enough to do it. And they would need one on duty at every airport in America all the time. Israel can do this but they have how many airports? And they are willing to put some of their smarter people in airport security. I can't really imagine that happening in Green Bay or Spokane?

Posted by: Roy at November 20, 2013 01:40 AM (75fUy)

49 48 Roy at November 20, 2013 05:40 AM (75fUy)

see while I am inclined to agree, they are idiots I have been impressed with precisely two TSA agents in all my travels and wife's travels I have taken her to the gate on...

the rectal exam while Jedi Hand Waving through Jihadi Jim is less than effective as well.

If they are too stupid to use judgement, and if the politicized PC doctrine is a self-inflicted gunshot wound to "zero tolerance" policy then scrap the whole damn thing IMHO as it is sunk money.

Posted by: sven10077 at November 20, 2013 01:44 AM (9jfyN)

50 "9 better yet, why not just shitcan the entire TSA and privatize security to work at the airport?

Posted by: navycopjoe at November 20, 2013 02:13 AM (EazDf)"

It has been my contention from the beginning that security should be handled by each individual airline. Some airlines could go the route of minimal security and paying the costs of having their airplanes being shot down by the Air Force and compensating the families of all the passengers, as well as paying for the fuel and missile the Air Force used. Others could require that everybody fly naked and handcuffed to the seats. Most would go for something between those extremes and would come up with the least obtrusive and most cost effective compromise that would work better than what we have now.

Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at November 20, 2013 01:47 AM (BcCwi)

51 The creation of the tsa was born out the 9/11 commission which was a white wash of the clinton administrations sole respomsibility for 9/11. There was no need to create the tsa.

Posted by: Kreplach at November 20, 2013 01:54 AM (iO3BG)

52 Never trust the findings of a commision that has jamie gorelick on it or senators that form gangs.

Posted by: Kreplach at November 20, 2013 01:58 AM (iO3BG)

53 Hunger Games: Catching Fire "ItÂ’s a great big B movie in the B for Best sense way." --Roger Friedman The movie aside, the rating of "B movie in the B for Best" -- as if there are no words beginning with A (awesome) if he meant best.

Posted by: panzernashorn at November 20, 2013 02:01 AM (MhA4j)

54 TSA has always been an authoritarian FUBAR "fix" to potential threat. 48. Roy at first thought, union leadership distinction between Israel and US airports. but really, it's the distinction between concepts. In Israel, the point isn't a raw authoritarian show of abuse provided at minimum wage for public specter to titillate the public. And I doubt that Orthodox Jews would tolerate their bodies being manhandled by perverts every time traveling in public; the State of Israel government would not be permitted by its citizens to be so grotesque with children, women, men and the elderly. I could be wrong.

Posted by: panzernashorn at November 20, 2013 02:09 AM (MhA4j)

55 "
Nobody in their right mind would ever go to New Mexico"

I can recommend WSMR North if you want to blow shit up and light the air on fire with lasers, and there is a cool bar in Sicorro.

Posted by: Jean at November 20, 2013 02:20 AM (CMlD4)

56 http://tinyurl.com/l4y3dce North Texas Drivers Stopped at Roadblock Asked for Saliva, Blood. Fort Worth police apologize for its role in federal survey. "We are reviewing the actions of all police personnel involved to ensure that FWPD policies and procedures were followed," he said. "We apologize if any of our drivers and citizens were offended or inconvenienced by the NHTSA National Roadside Survey." NBC DFW confirmed that the survey was done by a government contractor, the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, which is based in Calverton, Md. A company spokeswoman referred questions to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. By Scott Gordon, NBC DFW, Tuesday, Nov 19, 2013

Posted by: panzernashorn at November 20, 2013 02:22 AM (MhA4j)

57 " Others could require that everybody fly naked and handcuffed to the seats."

Some might pay extra for that. I was thinking sedated, but handcuffs work.

Posted by: Jean at November 20, 2013 02:22 AM (CMlD4)

58 another difference between this and the Israeli program -- $900M would fund their's for 20years.

Posted by: Jean at November 20, 2013 02:32 AM (CMlD4)

59 To go off topic for a moment.

Isn't the "Knockout Game" sort of validating the St Traytable case, with George saying that he had a reasonable fear that a blow to the head could kill him?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 20, 2013 02:34 AM (NDA7a)

60 I just saw the news cast of the traffic stops in Fort Worth. That is just downright crazy! And the woman they interviewed said she felt pressured? How about a response along the lines of FOAD? This is beyond comprehension. In Fort Worth? Texas? WTF!?

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at November 20, 2013 02:38 AM (60Vyp)

61 60> Alright mister, just stop with the logic and the application of uniformity. It's way too early for that. Next you'll want to do math or something crazy.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at November 20, 2013 02:40 AM (60Vyp)

62 Others could require that everybody fly naked and handcuffed to the seats. - Obnoxious A-hole Actually now offered on our NY-SF run. Passengers are fed by tubes and wear catheters. Surprisingly popular with Obamacare fans.

Posted by: Bohemia Party Flights at November 20, 2013 02:43 AM (Xfofp)

What they should be doing is issuing Glocks to all passengers.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at November 20, 2013 02:46 AM (0HooB)

64 To go off topic for a moment.

Isn't the "Knockout Game" sort of validating the St Traytable case, with George saying that he had a reasonable fear that a blow to the head could kill him?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at November 20, 2013 06:34 AM (NDA7a)

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The two instances I've seen on video, those kids need to be put down, for society's sake.

Posted by: Darth Randall at November 20, 2013 02:50 AM (KlVdw)

65 BB; I've got no beef with the law in DFW. Overall, they're some pretty decent men and women. I'm pretty sure the traffic stop in FW was the decision of some dumb ass desk jockey and he'll get a little 'counseling'.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at November 20, 2013 02:55 AM (60Vyp)

66 You talkin about the Capitol bar in Socorro Jean?

Posted by: fastfreefall at November 20, 2013 02:56 AM (AupN4)

67 Mornin' Morons

And how many terrorist has the TSA caught?

If you guess zero because all they do is fel up good looking women, grandmas, and toddlers you would be right.

Posted by: Vic at November 20, 2013 02:59 AM (FTQyq)

68 What they should be doing is issuing Glocks to all passengers. -BackwardsBoy Have you seen the idiots flying? No. Maybe box cutters.... However, our policy of encouraging concealed carry has been popular.

Posted by: TexOma Liberty Lines - fly safe or fly free at November 20, 2013 02:59 AM (f4Je0)

And the TSA wouldn't let that little old grandma board with the knitting needles: they were afraid she'd knit an Afghan.

I'm here all week.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at November 20, 2013 03:01 AM (0HooB)

70 Had a TSA agent pat me down a few years ago because my skirt looked too "poofy". Almost slapped the shit out of her. Didn't want to go to Guantanamo.

Posted by: never enough caffeine at November 20, 2013 03:01 AM (Qp3K5)

71 My Daddy work two jobs to throw money into the money hole!!!

Posted by: Minuteman at November 20, 2013 03:05 AM (7/um6)

72 news up

Posted by: Vic at November 20, 2013 03:07 AM (FTQyq)

73 Would 2000 gallons of diesel and a Kubota tractor qualify as an IRA? Gold is pretty good in a crash. Makes dandy fishing weights and .357 projectiles.

Posted by: Sam Rayburn Bass at November 20, 2013 03:15 AM (lPbS1)

74 Don't the Israelis do this with perfect accuracy?

Posted by: Todd Lemmon at November 20, 2013 04:45 AM (b2uDu)

75 California Air Resources Board (CARB) tested low sulfur diesel fuel in one(1) diesel engine time prior to issuing regulations forcing refiners to produce the new fuel mixture for all commercial and private cars in California.

Result? Blown or damaged diesel fuel injector "o rings" and seals. Millions of dollars in repair costs.

The same regulatory agency required MTBE additives in gasoline with even worse results; MTBE contaminated water aquifers throughout California, clogged 2-stroke carburetor fuel jets and forced "mom and pop" independent gas stations out of business ( the great underground fuel storage tank scam of the 90's.)

Posted by: 13times at November 20, 2013 07:32 AM (fGPLK)

76 The TSA agent shot to death at LAX was a trained behavior observation officer.

So much for that.

Posted by: PJ at November 20, 2013 07:40 AM (ZWaLo)

77 I've worked at an airport for 11 years in a supervisory position in emergency communications. TSA calls me when they have a subject they think is squirrelly due to "behavior detection." This is not uncommon. Not once - NOT ONCE!! - has any report had merit.

Posted by: Orchard Field at November 20, 2013 07:46 AM (oiTOF)

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