Monday, November 06, 2006

Paul Ekman's 11/5/06 article on the TSA SPOT program

Did anyone read this article by Paul Ekman in the 11/5/06 San Jose Mercury News on the front page of the Perspective section? Dr. Paul Ekman is the researcher discussed in Blink who's an expert in reading facial expressions and emotions. He's a pro bono adviser to the Transportation Security Administration's controversial new security program, SPOT (Screening Passengers by Observational Techniques).

We tried to get Dr. Ekman to speak at the kickoff event but he had a schedule conflict.

Anyone care to comment on your thoughts and reactions?

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Interesting article. I believe they do such behavioral profiling quite effectively in Israel before letting people board planes.