TSA to Focus on Passenger Behavior

The Transportation Security Administration is about to shift tactics, TIME reports. The agency plans to launch a new program, Screening Passengers by Observation Techniques, that focuses on observing passenger behavior rather than trying to find guns, knives and other banned items. "Select TSA employees," the magazine says, "will be trained to identify suspicious individuals who raise red flags by exhibiting unusual or anxious behavior, which can be as simple as changes in mannerisms, excessive sweating on a cool day, or changes in the pitch of a person's voice." But the agency insists it won't use race or ethnicity as factors in singling anybody out.