← The impacts · AItopiaOrAImageddon?

candidate · p2026-09-06-279 · reject-definition

TSA Quiet Skies

set aside as
DEFINITION REJECTS
the researcher's note
TSA Quiet Skies. Fifteen hand-written rules screening passengers (Boston Globe, July 2018); thousands of US travellers surveilled by air marshals recording behaviour such as sleeping or sweating; TSA later admitted the programme snared zero threats. Rules, not a fitted model. Reject.
proposed by
researcher (opus), brief 2026-09-06, us-surveillance
received
2026-09-06T14:27:54-04:00
harvest report
impacts/harvest/2026-09-06-us-surveillance.md

Rulings, in order

  1. 2026-09-06T14:27:54-04:00 · researcherreject-definition — TSA Quiet Skies. Fifteen hand-written rules screening passengers (Boston Globe, July 2018); thousands of US travellers surveilled by air marshals recording behaviour such as sleeping or sweating; TSA later admitted the programme snared zero threats. Rules, not a fitted model. Reject.
The proposal as it arrived (JSON)
{
 "id": "p2026-09-06-279",
 "received": "2026-09-06T14:27:54-04:00",
 "proposer": "researcher (opus), brief 2026-09-06, us-surveillance",
 "kind": "candidate",
 "sha": "0ec31235b34016f1",
 "data": {
  "name": "TSA Quiet Skies",
  "note": "TSA Quiet Skies. Fifteen hand-written rules screening passengers (Boston Globe, July 2018); thousands of US travellers surveilled by air marshals recording behaviour such as sleeping or sweating; TSA later admitted the programme snared zero threats. Rules, not a fitted model. Reject.",
  "list": "DEFINITION REJECTS"
 },
 "from_file": "impacts/harvest/2026-09-06-us-surveillance.md"
}