08-06-2013, 09:38 PM
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So Fucking Lame
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Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: St. Petersburg, FL
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Prepare to get groped by the TSA everywhere!
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Created in the wake of the 2004 Madrid train bombing, VIPR teams ? comprised of explosives experts, behavioral detection officers, and canine handlers ? work with local law enforcement to move through crowds and randomly stop passengers and ask questions.
Perhaps more surprising is their reach into places you wouldn't really expect: Rodeos, music festivals, and sporting events. Their expansion has civil liberties groups pushing back on what they call warrantless searches with no probable cause.
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?The problem with T.S.A. stopping and searching people in public places outside the airport is that there are no real legal standards, or probable cause,? said Khaliah Barnes, administrative law counsel at the Electronic Privacy Information Center in Washington. ?It?s something that is easily abused because the reason that they are conducting the stops is shrouded in secrecy.?
T.S.A. officials respond that the random searches are ?special needs? or ?administrative searches? that are exempt from probable cause because they further the government?s need to prevent terrorist attacks.
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