Cue the 'if you aren't doing anything wrong...' crowd.
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Just like East Germany. They want everyone to spy on their neighbors. The real terrorsit are the people in the stinking Obama government starting with Big Sis Napalatono herself.
Don’t pull over to take a leak on the side of the road anymore!
and wear your lead foil skivvies because no doubt they are using powerful xray equipment at these stops too
That title—fight terrorism?? You mean PROMOTE it?? You don’t need no steekin’ 4th amendment, because it doesn’t exist.
Just about every part of our Constitution has been violated at one time or another to the point where it’s a defunct and broken contract between the government and We The People.
This is why I can’t stand Bush 2. He eroded our rights in the name of “security” instead of closing our borders.
“It’s all meant to urge every driver to call authorities if they see something suspicious.”
I’m sure this is common for every agency, but my sister worked for OSI long before terrorism. She has numerous stories about people calling them to report conspiracies, sightings, strange events, etc. I’m afraid relying on the public to report stuff is going to result in the high expense of checking out the 99.99999% of off-the-wall nut stories.
Of course, spending money and hiring agents may be what this is about. If you want to actually increase security, you need to develop human intelligence at the source, not rely on granny to spot the dark-skinned, thickly accented man stuffing a suspicious bundle into back of a garbage truck.
As early as the Articles of Confederation the Congress recognized freedom of movement (Article 4), though the right was thought to be so fundamental during the drafting of the Constitution as not needing explicit enumeration.[4].
United States v. Guest 383 U.S. 745 (1966) is a United States Supreme Court opinion, authored by Justice Potter Stewart…. the Court also held that there is Constitutional right to travel from state to state.
The U.S. Supreme Court also dealt with the right to travel in the case of Saenz v. Roe, 526 U.S. 489 (1999). In that case, Justice John Paul Stevens, writing for the majority, held that the United States Constitution protected three separate aspects of the right to travel among the states: the right to enter one state and leave another, the right to be treated as a welcome visitor rather than a hostile stranger (protected by the "privileges and immunities" clause in Article IV, § 2), and (for those who become permanent residents of a state) the right to be treated equally to native born citizens (this is protected by the 14th Amendment's Citizenship Clause).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_movement_under_United_States_law#cite_note-Mount-3
This government terrorizes me more than the terrorists do. This government is far more likely to cause me harm than terrorists are.
I buy a local paper which list all arrest in the Knoxville area per week. Few if any have Hold For ICE on obvious illegal alien arrest. It's all about money. They can call it what they wish but I-75/I-40 has long been known as a municipal cash cow for surrounding counties with longstanding questionable violations of forfeiture laws.
Sounds like Massachusetts or New Jersey,NOT a Southern state. They should be ashamed. Rather the people of Tenn. should be ashamed they allow this type of thing.
There is a County near me known as "The Constitution-Free Zone". When the Bonnaroo concert happens every year, having an out of state tag and a car with several young people is probable cause for a stop.
“Tuesday’s statewide “VIPR” operation isn’t in response to any particular threat, according to officials.”
NO JUSTIFICATION NEEDED!!!! NO WARRANT, NO PROBABLE CAUSE, NIX.
I wrote our Governor here in Alaska. The rest of the states better damn sure get in front of this.
The definition of GESTAPO in my dictionary is: "TERRORIST secret-police organization operating against persons suspected of disloyalty."
This is just the beginning.
By the way, would someone please tell me if the TSA has ever stopped a real terrorist in an airport?
Ping.
Thanks for posting the entire poster.
Sliding towards 1984...
The leftists screamed when Bush wanted to gather info on people checking out bomb-making books from libraries.
But random patrols of stasi police on the highways... hey, that’s ok.