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Homeland Security

DHS Officials Cite Progress in Experiments that Screen for Malintent

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Wednesday, September 16th, 2009

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A series of experiments that began a year ago and are continuing have demonstrated that it is possible to detect that someone intends to do something bad by picking up on physiological and behavioral clues using sensors and complex software algorithms, the officials running the program for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) tell TR2. The ability to detect "indicators" of malintent on individuals using the various technologies is "statistically significant," that is, much better than a 50-50 chance, says…

Congress

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Congress

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