(AP/Contra Costa Times) Leslie Miller - A pilot program using "behavior pattern recognition" is under way at Boston's Logan International Airport, where two of the planes used by the Sept. 11 hijackers took off. Israeli officials have employed a version of the technique for years to protect air travelers against terrorists. Security officials watch people as they move through terminals, looking for odd or suspicious behavior: heavy clothes on a hot day, loiterers without luggage, anyone observing security methods. Rafi Ron, former head of security at Israel's Ben-Gurion Airport, was hired to train Logan's state troopers in behavior pattern recognition
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