DHS-FBI: Indicators of suspicious behaviors at hotels.

Possible indicators of terrorist behaviors at hotels: 

The observation of multiple indicators may represent—based on the specific facts or circumstances-possible terrorist behaviors at hotels:

Here is a list of some of the absurd indicators:

Not providing professional or personal details on hotel registrations—such as place of employment, contact information, or place of residence.

Using payphones for outgoing calls or making front desk requests in person to avoid using the room telephone.

Interest in using Internet cafes, despite hotel internet availability.

Non-VIPs who request that their presence at a hotel not be divulged.

Extending departure dates one day at a time for prolonged periods.

Refusal of housekeeping services for extended periods.

Extended stays with little baggage or unpacked luggage.

Access or attempted access to areas of the hotel normally restricted to staff.

Use of cash for large transactions or a credit card in someone else’s name.

Requests for specific rooms, floors, or other locations in the hotel.

Use of a third party to register.

Multiple visitors or deliveries to one individual or room.

Unusual interest in hotel access, including main and alternate entrances, emergency exits, and surrounding routes.

Use of entrances and exits that avoid the lobby or other areas with cameras and hotel personnel.

Attempting to access restricted parking areas with a vehicle or leaving unattended vehicles near the hotel building.

Unusual interest in hotel staff operating procedures, shift changes, closed-circuit TV systems, fire alarms, and security systems.

Leaving the property for several days and then returning.

Abandoning a room and leaving behind clothing, toiletries, or other items.

Noncompliance with other hotel policies.
http://info.publicintelligence.net/DHS-FBI-HotelGuests.pdf 

DHS-FBI bulletin on suspicious behavior at hotels adds to already long list of terrorism indicators.

According to the United States government, just about every single thing one can do is an indicator of terrorism. Everything from complaining about bias and believing in government conspiracies to ordinary bodily movements to bumper stickers to traveling long distances can be considered an indicator of terrorist activity.

According to the bulletin, there are a wide range of activities and behaviors that can be construed to be an indicator of terrorist activity, many of which are completely innocuous.

Most of the supposedly suspicious behaviors surround privacy, such as “Not providing professional or personal details on hotel registrations—such as place of employment, contact information, or place of residence.”

According to the FBI and DHS, “Refusal of housekeeping services for extended periods” is suspicious, along with “extended stays with little baggage or unpacked luggage.”

In other words, if you’d rather not run the risk of having your personal belongings rifled through by housekeeping staff or if you travel light, you just might be a terrorist.

“Non-VIPs who request that their presence at a hotel not be divulged,” are also apparently suspicious, although one must wonder who makes the decision about who is a VIP and non-VIP.

Some of the points clearly involve a great deal of assumptions on the part of the observer.

“Using payphones for outgoing calls or making front desk requests in person to avoid using the room telephone,” is apparently suspicious as well, although it is unclear how someone working at a hotel would know why exactly someone chooses to make calls on one phone instead of another.

On that same note, “Interest in using Internet cafes, despite hotel Internet availability,” is seen as suspicious. This completely ignores the fact that some people might not actually have a computer with them on vacation, thus requiring the hardware provided at an Internet café.

Apparently, choosing not to lug one’s computer around on vacation is a sign of “possible terrorist behaviors at hotels,” an assertion which is patently absurd.

Yet the sad reality is that the vast majority of the supposedly suspicious activities can hardly be characterized as such by any thinking person.

The truly suspicious activities are far outweighed by the completely laughable potential indicators listed in bulletins such as these, which is in no way constructive and just serves to create an irrational culture of paranoia.
http://endthelie.com/2012/10/31/dhs-fbi-bulletin-on-suspicious-behavior-at-hotels-adds-to-already-long-list-of-terrorism-indicators/#axzz2AyWhpkk4