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Teams will patrol the Washington Metro system, as well and will consist of two air marshals, one TSA bomb-sniffing-canine team, one or two transportation security inspectors, one local law enforcement officer, and one other TSA employee.
Federal officials said there is no new intelligence indicating that terrorists are interested in targeting transportation modes, the Post said.
Some members of the team will be obvious to the traveling public and wear jackets bearing the TSA name on the back. Others will be plainclothes air marshals scanning the crowds for suspicious individuals.
It is unclear how many Viper teams will be on patrol through the New Year's holiday, but air marshal officials confirm that they will be at seven locations across the country.
So when are they going to put Federal Air Marshals on the old Greyhound bus?
Wouldn't they be "Rail Marshalls" then?
Does anyone know if in general private citizens are allowed to carry guns on trains? That would offset the need for rail marshalls to some degree.
So has it become illegal to carry concealed on trains, busses, etc. in the jurrisdictions where such is otherwise legal?
The trains to worry about are the freights carrying chemcials
and munitions,and the ones coming up from Mexico un-inspected.
(as remain many if not most semi trailers coming up from Mexico)
imo
OMG now they'll be killing folks on trains too.
Logically, the next step will be to make getting on a train as hard as getting on a plane... hm, d'you think the airlines might be behind this?