TSA Chatdowns

August 26th, 2012

Via: The Blaze:

Can the Transportation Security Agency (TSA) pull you out of line without any rational reason, quiz you on where you are going and why? And if you choose not to answer, does that make you “hostile?” One newspaper writer from the Midwest found out the answers to those questions on Monday when he experienced the TSA’s new “chat-down” while waiting in line at airport security.

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One Response to “TSA Chatdowns”

  1. JWSmythe says:
    August 26, 2012 at 5:09 am

    Funny thing, they’ve done it quite a few times to me over the years. I’d get it more frequently in international terminals. A few of those were at Logan, as mentioned in the article.

    All in all, it’s not hard to navigate. Short answers, with information that they already know. What’s your name? It’s on your boarding pass. Where are you headed? It’s on your boarding pass. Why are you going? To visit friends. If you’re going for business, that opens up more questions. Who do you work for? What do you do? Why are you going? Vacation opens up the line of questions like where? with who? How much were your tickets? How long are you going?

    A chat down is suppose to be casual conversation. If it feels like an interrogation, they aren’t doing it right. They’ll keep it casual, so you’ll be more willing to talk. If you’re boring, they’ll let you pass. If you refuse to answer questions, sure you’re hostile. Why won’t you admit who you are, or where you’re going? Then again, if *everyone* is hostile, it will create a logjam, and they’ll have to rethink their tactics. Don’t place bets that anyone else traveling around you will be just as hostile as you.

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