DHS Investigates Whether ‘Hostile Intent’ Can Be Observed Remotely Via Video

Homeland Security Today: The Centralized Hostile Intent (CHI) program is a research effort by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) to evaluate whether the behavioral indicators used by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to screen for passengers with hostile intent can be reliably observed by Screening Passengers by Observation Techniques (SPOT) Behavior Detection Officers (BDO) via live video images as opposed to in person, according to DHS privacy review report of the program.

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