Does anyone else see common sensical problems with the technology as well as serious flaws in the conclusions being drawn and the testing methodology in general?

I'll point out one thing that immediately comes to mind. The assumption is that a "terrorist" is going to have a conscience that produces such pheromes. Doesn't the legal invalidity of lie detectors already discount the underlying premise?

"Evidence that the smell of fear is real was uncovered by US scientists last year who studied the underarm secretions of 20 terrified novice skydivers."

Recently, a different group of researchers verified those earlier findings under highly controlled conditions by whispering the phrase "Barack Obama" to 20 terrified Republicans.

Won't catch any terrorists, but will catch a record number of college kids flying home over Christmas break with bad report cards and dime bags.

Point #2:

Assuming the technology can sense "fear", who might become "false positives" instead of terrorists?

-Travelers scared that they will be considered to have a "pandemic illness" because they're snuffling and be quarantined (already announced)
-Those surreptitiously labelled as "domestic terrorists" by DHS propaganda ("right-wing/left-wing extremism lexicon", MAIC report, targeted gun owners, Third Party candidates/ registered voters)
-Multiple domestic spy tattle-tale DHS videos out recently watching out for activity such as paying in cash, using a camera, asking for directions, watching security cameras, etc, etc)
-Under such a "fear detector" program, Fear (or other closely related emotions) of something in your personal life
-Fear of the unknown "thought crime" you may be accused of
-Fear generated because the guy in front of you was treated harshly as a suspected "terrorist"
-So-called "fear" that is actually spite toward the unconstitionality of the program

This is ridiculous. I'm sure there are a few anti-social terrorists that wouldn't even show fear, the same type of people that can beat the polygraph consistently.

In technology we foolishly trust.

Smell of fear.... detecting smell of curry would give better results and you don't even need machines for that.