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The '''Government Accountability Office''' is also skeptical that the [[TSA]] is stopping "[[terrorism]]". It concluded in 2013 that there's no evidence the agency's SPOT program, which employed 2,800 as of the study and attempts to scan passengers for suspicious behavior, is at all effective. Only 14 percent of passenger flaggings by TSA officers led to a referral to law enforcement. Only 0.6 percent of TSA flaggings led to an arrest. None were related to terrorism.<ref>http://www.vox.com/2016/5/17/11687014/tsa-against-airport-security</ref> | The '''Government Accountability Office''' is also skeptical that the [[TSA]] is stopping "[[terrorism]]". It concluded in 2013 that there's no evidence the agency's SPOT program, which employed 2,800 as of the study and attempts to scan passengers for suspicious behavior, is at all effective. Only 14 percent of passenger flaggings by TSA officers led to a referral to law enforcement. Only 0.6 percent of TSA flaggings led to an arrest. None were related to terrorism.<ref>http://www.vox.com/2016/5/17/11687014/tsa-against-airport-security</ref> | ||
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| Parent organization | US, US/Congress |
| Headquarters | 441 G St., NW Washington, D.C. 20548 |
| Staff | 3,350 |
The Government Accountability Office is also skeptical that the TSA is stopping "terrorism". It concluded in 2013 that there's no evidence the agency's SPOT program, which employed 2,800 as of the study and attempts to scan passengers for suspicious behavior, is at all effective. Only 14 percent of passenger flaggings by TSA officers led to a referral to law enforcement. Only 0.6 percent of TSA flaggings led to an arrest. None were related to terrorism.[1]
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