Prepare to get groped by the TSA everywhere!

[epitome]

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.

....

?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.

http://www.businessinsider.com/tsa-v...earches-2013-8

[JFK]

what a crock of horseshit, for this we moved from Communism

[noshit]

You're just now coming to realize this very small part of the takeover, due to a Business Insider article?

WEw!

[noshit]

Originally Posted by JFK

what a crock of horseshit, for this we moved from Communism

[epitome]

Originally Posted by noshit

You're just now coming to realize this very small part of the takeover, due to a Business Insider article?

WEw!

Indeed...

[Rochard]

Police in some cities already do this, don't they?

[Barry-xlovecam]

Probably the same legal doctrine as a "Terry Stop" with extended powers under the PATRIOT Act ...

[I]n the United States, a Terry stop is a brief detention of a person by police[1] on reasonable suspicion of involvement in criminal activity but short of probable cause to arrest.

The name derives from Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1 (1968),[2] in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that police may briefly detain a person who they reasonably suspect is involved in criminal activity;[3] the Court also held that police may do a limited search of the suspect?s outer garments for weapons if they have a reasonable and articulable suspicion that the person detained may be ?armed and dangerous?.[4] When a search for weapons is authorized, the procedure is known as a ?stop and frisk?. ...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_stop

The PATRIOT Act allows for the "grasping at straws".

[Phoenix]

i see one brown shirt in here.

freedom and safety for everyone...it is mandatory

[_Richard_]

Originally Posted by noshit

You're just now coming to realize this very small part of the takeover, due to a Business Insider article?

WEw!

[Due]

Originally Posted by Rochard

Police in some cities already do this, don't they?

you can say no and they can only search you if they arrest you, they can only arrest you if they have probable cause.
at mass transit / infrastructure locations I would probably agree to the a search.
if it was out if the blue I probably would say no thanks and have done so before in Europe.
I never yet had such a request in the United states outside an airport.

[2012]

Originally Posted by epitome

http://www.businessinsider.com/tsa-v...earches-2013-8

Originally Posted by noshit

You're just now coming to realize this very small part of the takeover, due to a Business Insider article?

WEw!

[RyuLion]

Originally Posted by Due

you can say no and they can only search you if they arrest you, they can only arrest you if they have probable cause.
at mass transit / infrastructure locations I would probably agree to the a search.
if it was out if the blue I probably would say no thanks and have done so before in Europe.
I never yet had such a request in the United states outside an airport.

What about if it's a random girl?

[Paul&John]