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Spot Off: The Gao Takes On The Tsa’S Behavior Detection Program, Ibpp Editor May 2010

Spot Off: The Gao Takes On The Tsa’S Behavior Detection Program, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) has recently Issued Efforts to Validate TSA’s Passenger Screening Behavior Detection Program Underway, but Opportunities Exist to Strengthen Validation and Address Operational Problems (May 2010, GAO-10-763). This IBPP article will describe and comment on the main GAO findings and additional data on which the findings are based. The article will end with some basic challenges to behavior detection as a useful security measure.


Trends. The Federal Bureau Of Investigation Reform Act Of 2003 (S.1440): A Polygraph Update, Ibpp Editor Aug 2003

Trends. The Federal Bureau Of Investigation Reform Act Of 2003 (S.1440): A Polygraph Update, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This Trends article discusses The Federal Bureau of Investigation Reform Act of 2003 (S.1440), and the continuing popularity of the polygraph with security bureaucracies.


Trends. Social Cognition And The Legal Adjudication Of Terrorism Cases, Ibpp Editor Apr 2003

Trends. Social Cognition And The Legal Adjudication Of Terrorism Cases, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This Trends article discusses the impact of terrorism on the justice system and security.


Trends. Disclosure Of Post-9-11 Arrestees And Maslow’S Hierarchy Of Needs, Ibpp Editor Nov 2002

Trends. Disclosure Of Post-9-11 Arrestees And Maslow’S Hierarchy Of Needs, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This Trends article discusses the Maslowian hierarchy of needs in the context of 9-11 terrorist attacks and the relationship between executive and judicial branches of American government.


Trends. Personnel Security And Counterintelligence: No Evidence Of Racial Bias As Racism, Ibpp Editor Aug 2001

Trends. Personnel Security And Counterintelligence: No Evidence Of Racial Bias As Racism, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article discusses the concepts of race and racial bias in the context of espionage investigations carried out by the US Department of Energy (DOE) and the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).


Trends. Commentary On The January 16, 2001 Secrecy News Item "Rumsfeld Commission Calls For Anti-Satellite Tests.", Ibpp Editor Jan 2001

Trends. Commentary On The January 16, 2001 Secrecy News Item "Rumsfeld Commission Calls For Anti-Satellite Tests.", Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

IBPP comments on a SECRECY NEWS article from January 2001, which discussed Donald Rumsfeld's call for anti-satellite tests based on what the SECRECY NEWS authors considered unsubstantiated claims that there was a "virtual certainty" of future hostilities in space.


Trends. Homosexual Politics And Security: The American Psychological Association (Apa) Brief Of Amicus Curiae No. 99-699, Ibpp Editor Aug 2000

Trends. Homosexual Politics And Security: The American Psychological Association (Apa) Brief Of Amicus Curiae No. 99-699, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article discusses the American Psychological Association's (APA's) brief of amicus curiae, which the APA submitted in order to provide a context for the Supreme Court of the United States to review the policy of the Boy Scouts of America and Monmouth Council, Boy Scouts of America, which involved the Boy Scouts, homosexuality, and claims about discrimination against homosexuals.


Trends. Can One Be Against The Withdrawal Of An Occupying Force? The Case Of Israel And Editor: Southern Lebanon, Ibpp Editor May 2000

Trends. Can One Be Against The Withdrawal Of An Occupying Force? The Case Of Israel And Editor: Southern Lebanon, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article discusses the potential political and military ramifications of Israel withdrawing its occupying forces from Southern Lebanon.


United States Government Policies On Lesbians And Gays In The Military: Don't Ask, Don't Tell If Many Wrongs Make A Right, Ibpp Editor Feb 2000

United States Government Policies On Lesbians And Gays In The Military: Don't Ask, Don't Tell If Many Wrongs Make A Right, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes problems with United States Government (USG) personnel policies on lesbians and gays in the uniformed services and assesses whether there are significant redeeming features of these problems.


Michael Warner's "The Trouble With Normal: Sex, Politics, And The Ethics Of Queer Life": Implications For Sex And Security, Ibpp Editor Jan 2000

Michael Warner's "The Trouble With Normal: Sex, Politics, And The Ethics Of Queer Life": Implications For Sex And Security, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article continues a series of IBPP articles on sex and security by exploring the implications of a new book on the appropriateness of public policy that bears on sexuality.


Trends. Ehud Barak And Peace: Mistakes On The 15-Month Mistake, Ibpp Editor Jul 1999

Trends. Ehud Barak And Peace: Mistakes On The 15-Month Mistake, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the citings of many analysts, journalists, and diplomats--the last often speaking on an unattributed basis--a huge error in the current quest for peace between Israel and the Palestinian National Authority and between Israel and Syria and Lebanon.


Trends. Employment Policies For Nuclear Weapons: Uses Of First Use, Ibpp Editor Jul 1999

Trends. Employment Policies For Nuclear Weapons: Uses Of First Use, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) public policy advocating a "first use" of nuclear weapons during the Cold War.


Trends. A Strategic Defense Initiative Against Biological Warfare: Sense? Nonsense? Mal Vu, Mal Dit?, Ibpp Editor Mar 1998

Trends. A Strategic Defense Initiative Against Biological Warfare: Sense? Nonsense? Mal Vu, Mal Dit?, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) that was initiated by United States (US) President Ronald Reagan during his first term.


Trends. The Kyoto Protocol: Emissions On Trading Or Purchasing Emissions Rights, Ibpp Editor Dec 1997

Trends. The Kyoto Protocol: Emissions On Trading Or Purchasing Emissions Rights, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

In this analysis, the author discusses the Kyoto Protocol.


Trends. Encrypting Encryption: Some Comments On S. 909, Secure Public Networks Act, Ibpp Editor Aug 1997

Trends. Encrypting Encryption: Some Comments On S. 909, Secure Public Networks Act, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses The use of technology and telecommunications being employed by people in the commission of crimes, viz., terrorism and organized crime.