I am going to use bad language in this post

Starting with Fuck the TSA. Fuck these bastards who commit sexual assault on people and then threaten them with arrest if they complain. Fuck these twisted assholes who think feeling up a child- the kind of behavior that would normally result in a punch, kick or bullet to the molester- is a fine idea(makes you wonder how many more, doesn't it?). I'll borrow some from Claire:

In recent years, the TSA has also expanded the scope of the program. Originally intended to look only for suspected terrorists, the program now also seeks to ferret out possible criminals in airports.

See SPOT FAIL the Constitutionality Test.
See SPOT succeed at Mission Creep.

The Department of Homeland Security says the program is successful, telling Congress last week that, in a recent test comparing behavior detection officers to random screening procedures, the officers were 50 times more likely to refer people they checked to local law enforcement, and about 4.5 times as likely to identify people with prohibited items or fraudulent documents.

Rly. Being “50 times more likely to refer people they checked to local law enforcement” with what outcome???!? And being “4.5 times as likely to identify people with prohibited items or fraudulent documents” than a process which checks diapers and feels up toddlers and pays no special attention to 20-something males from Pah-kee-stan??!? Wow. What a revelation.

As to the accuracy of this crap, from the article:
But one member of the study's Technical Advisory Committee said the study did not establish the program's scientific validity.

"The advisory committee has not been asked to evaluate the overall SPOT program, nor has it been asked to evaluate the validity of indicators used in the program," Philip Rubin testified to Congress last week.
Gee, I wonder why.
Advisory committee members were not shown the list of behavioral indicators, he said.

"My concern is that if I'm a member of the public and I hear (Willis') testimony, it sounds like the SPOT program has been validated," Rubin told CNN.
The ACLU is whining about 'racial profiling'; I'm more worried about these clowns screwing with people who don't look properly submissive, or who have such horrible lack appreciation of the Touching Special Places people that they dare to look pissed at being screwed around.

Security theater, compounded by lies and "Don't give us any trouble or we'll screw you over."