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From Planes To Trains: TSA Expands Spot Searches To Union Station
CBS Los Angeles ^ | December 27th, 2011 | Staff

Posted on 12/28/2011 5:06:48 PM PST by AnAmericanAbroad

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Ah, the VIPR teams strike again. Pretty soon, I figure a VIPR team will be in each and every block throughout the USA, and you'll get searched the minute you walk out your door.

RIP, Fourth Amendment.

In all the time I've been in Europe, I've been asked to present ID exactly twice; once in Prague, once in Berlin. Both times, I flashed my American passport, the cops saw my visa(s) and I was on my merry way in less than 30 seconds. Never been groped, probed, irradiated, or patted down. Ever.

1 posted on 12/28/2011 5:07:01 PM PST by AnAmericanAbroad
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I wouldn't be the least bit surprised to start seeing them at shopping malls and any large public gathering places real soon.
2 posted on 12/28/2011 5:10:57 PM PST by Truth29
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Isn’t the TSA also going to the Highways in Tennessee?


3 posted on 12/28/2011 5:11:59 PM PST by Tai_Chung
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Obama is putting his Brown Shirts in place.


4 posted on 12/28/2011 5:22:13 PM PST by ryderann
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I think that’s likely the next phase.....increased VIPR deployment to large public gathering places, malls, sporting events, political rallies, etc.


5 posted on 12/28/2011 5:22:26 PM PST by AnAmericanAbroad (It's all bread and circuses for the future prey of the Morlocks.)
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That rings a bell, actually. I think they deployed random checkpoints in Tennessee if I remember. I don’t remember the specific reason, but I think it was a pilot project.


6 posted on 12/28/2011 5:23:41 PM PST by AnAmericanAbroad (It's all bread and circuses for the future prey of the Morlocks.)
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Maybe we’ll have TSA VIPR teams monitoring polling places in November 2012......after all, that’s a large public gathering isn’t it?

I’m not sure whether to add a “sarcasm” or “prophecy” suffix......


7 posted on 12/28/2011 5:25:44 PM PST by AnAmericanAbroad (It's all bread and circuses for the future prey of the Morlocks.)
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I’d like to know where they get their authority to expand their presence all over. It appears that they can go wherever they choose to and do whatever they want?


8 posted on 12/28/2011 5:29:38 PM PST by Conservative Vermont Vet (l)
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Offhand I’d say they’re deriving their authority from the Patriot Act.


9 posted on 12/28/2011 5:31:21 PM PST by AnAmericanAbroad (It's all bread and circuses for the future prey of the Morlocks.)
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A total police state just makes me feel so much safer!/s


10 posted on 12/28/2011 5:31:49 PM PST by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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People who utilize rail for commuting to work have got to love this. “Hey, boss, I’m gonna be late for work; TSA is gumming up the works and people are missing their trains.”


11 posted on 12/28/2011 5:33:33 PM PST by COBOL2Java (Virginia GOP: Romney's favorite butt boys)
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Check out the very recent FBI redefinition of rape. It’s online if you do a Google search. It is scheduled to be operative early in 2012. I don’t know if it will put a damper on TSAs most egregious groping.


12 posted on 12/28/2011 5:34:20 PM PST by ArmyTeach (Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain ... USS Iowa BB 61)
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What would you want to bet that disinformation cells, both Moose and non-Moose, are putting out all manner of invented “traffic” about “possible attacks” in all manner of public places? Thereby keeping these Vipers in a whirl and creating all manner of nuisance to the average traveler?


13 posted on 12/28/2011 5:36:09 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Sometimes progressives find their scripture in the penumbra of sacred bathroom stall writings (Tzar))
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Rest easy, America! TSA is on the job! Remember, if you haven't done anything, you have nothing to worry about!


14 posted on 12/28/2011 5:36:53 PM PST by COBOL2Java (Virginia GOP: Romney's favorite butt boys)
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I doubt the FBI re-definition of rape will change much. After all, it’s for the sake of national security. /s


15 posted on 12/28/2011 5:40:29 PM PST by AnAmericanAbroad (It's all bread and circuses for the future prey of the Morlocks.)
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I wonder how much longer it’ll be before some kind of domestic passport system is set up.

It’s what they had in the old USSR. I figure by 2014 or so, that’ll be the next phase of the system.


16 posted on 12/28/2011 5:42:36 PM PST by AnAmericanAbroad (It's all bread and circuses for the future prey of the Morlocks.)
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17 posted on 12/28/2011 5:43:30 PM PST by CodeToad (Islam needs to be banned in the US and treated as a criminal enterprise.)
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Zippy/Holder stuck on stupid bump.


18 posted on 12/28/2011 5:45:14 PM PST by BerryDingle (I know how to deal with communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
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TSA needs to be abolished. Quickly. These are unaccountable glorified baggage handlers that love their power.

This is how free travel in a country is destroyed. You will not be able to use any government transportation (that you’re paying taxes for plus fees) or private transportation systems unless you go under the govt anal probe and all you CCW folks, well you’re terrorists now.


19 posted on 12/28/2011 5:46:16 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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Wait till they start doing random security roadblocks. That’ll probably get phased in sometime in 2013.

You’re driving on your way to work, and presto! There’s a random security roadblock just up ahead. They’ll check you driver’s license against the database, sweep a mirror under your car, maybe a bomb-sniffing dog, and (presumably) send you on your way.

You’ll get used to it, citizen. Have no fear; remain calm. The security you’ve demanded is now mandatory.


20 posted on 12/28/2011 5:46:40 PM PST by AnAmericanAbroad (It's all bread and circuses for the future prey of the Morlocks.)
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