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Fear and Loathing At the Airport

September 12, 2007 By Mark Draughn Leave a Comment

The Transportation Security Agency is training people to look carefully at people’s faces to detect signs of fear or anxiety that might indicate a terrorist.

Fear and anxiety at the airport? In the security lines? My God, do you think they’ll find anybody like that?

How about rage? If I’m trying to get through the TSA security station and I’m filled with boiling, pent-up, anti-authoritarian rage, do you think they’ll notice?

(For the record: I am always filled with boiling, pent-up, anti-authoritarian rage. It’s what I do.)

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