TSA's VIPR Bites Rail, Bus, and Ferry Passengers
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OverTheGeicoE writes “TSA’s VIPR program may be expanding. According to the Washington Times, ‘TSA has always intended to expand beyond the confines of airport terminals. Its agents have been conducting more and more surprise groping sessions for women, children and the elderly in locations that have nothing to do with aviation.’ In Tennessee earlier this month, bus passengers in Nashville and Knoxville were searched in addition to the truck searches discussed here previously. Earlier this year in Savannah, Georgia, TSA forced a group of train travelers, including young children, to be patted down. (They were getting off the train, not on.) Ferry passengers have also been targeted. According to TSA Administrator John Pistole’s testimony before the Senate last June, ‘TSA conducted more than 8,000 VIPR operations in the [previous] 12 months, including more than 3,700 operations in mass-transit and passenger-railroad venues.’ He wants a 50% budget increase for VIPR for 2012. Imagine what TSA would do with the extra funding.”
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