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I’m not in favor of political theater, but I have a hard time understanding the opposition that frequently appears on this board to the very idea that there have to be searches of luggage and passengers on public transportation, especially airplanes. It is necessary. It’s necessary, of course, because of Islamist terrorism. But it is necessary, and it seems silly or worse to blame the gubmint for that need.

Airports are one thing. But randomly searching train stations, football games, and highway truck stops is a ridiculous waste of time because they are so infrequent that the odds of a terrorist being there when one of these checks happening is much less than everyone in America being hit by a bolt of lightning at the same time.

The only reason for these VIPR raids is to prepare Americans for living in a Soviet Style police state and those that are implementing these VIPR teams are traitors and should be tried for that crime.

Soon they will be having roadblocks and searching cars individually, which is clearly unconstitutional, but ok because it is in the name of terrorism.

Soon they will be having roadblocks and searching cars individually, which is clearly unconstitutional, but ok because it is in the name of terrorism.

Actually they are. The Border Patrol can set up roadblocks and do random searches within 150 miles of the border. In New England that includes places like I-91 south of White River Junction Vermont. They never really catch any significant numbers of illegal aliens there because Canadians rarely sneak into the USA, and there are an endless supply of back roads and highways between the border and the roadblock. But it is a great place to line up citizens and ask for documentation.

News outlets reported a few years ago that VT Sen. Leahy was stopped at one of the roadblocks and the Border Patrol agent, when asked by the Senator what the legal basis for the roadblock was, pointed to his pistol. Sen Leahy was reportedly not happy.

Soon they will be having roadblocks and searching cars individually, which is clearly unconstitutional, but ok because it is in the name of terrorism.

It's already happening in the form of x-raying vehicles that pass by the parked van.....

X-Ray Vans: Security Measure, or Invasion of Privacy?

Snip: The Department of Homeland Security, the U.S. military and even local law enforcement agencies are buying and deploying mobile X-ray vans that can see into the interior of vehicles around them.

The Z Backscatter Van (ZBV), manufactured by American Science and Engineering (AS&E), can be used to detect contraband such as car bombs, drugs and people in hiding.