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In reply to the discussion: I was stopped today at the Bus Stop by the TSA. [View all]demwing
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I'd have told him that if I had a DL, then I wouldn't need to be waiting for the freaking bus
notadmblnd
Jun 2012
#9
Time to defund, dismantle, and restrict all the way to a Constitutional amendment
TheKentuckian
Jun 2012
#10
I get outraged when I have to go through the Border Patrol stops to go north from where I live
panader0
Jun 2012
#11
I have gone through hundreds of times and never had anything but a courteous exchange
grantcart
Jun 2012
#146
Its not possible to stop all of the bad agents within 10 feet of the border.
grantcart
Jun 2012
#154
I agree that not all of the meth can be caught "within 10 feet of the border".
panader0
Jun 2012
#156
The buffer zone is next to the border because they can't catch everyone within 10 feet of the border
grantcart
Jun 2012
#162
It is absolutely untrue that the TSA has ever looked for any illegal immigrants
grantcart
Jun 2012
#151
ICE have multiple joint task forces where they are used solely to target suspected members of gangs
grantcart
Jun 2012
#178
So hanging around public transit facilities while the TSA sweeps for *whatever* isn't trolling?
Sen. Walter Sobchak
Jul 2012
#179
I remember being told I was paranoid for predicting that they would not stop with
sabrina 1
Jun 2012
#18
I have found that most people who use the "thin edge of the wedge" argument are hooted down
malthaussen
Jun 2012
#26
You won't even be safe in your home, either. Not with what will evolve from this:
Zalatix
Jun 2012
#36
We're always paranoid, hyperbolic conspiracy nuts right up until the moment we're
Egalitarian Thug
Jun 2012
#35
Do you live within 100 miles of the Canadian border, the Mexican border, or either coast?
freedom fighter jh
Jun 2012
#20
not even cops can demand to see DL, unless you are a motor vehicle is involved.
pasto76
Jun 2012
#21
They can keep you from getting on a bus or train or subway if you refuse to cooperate with them
sabrina 1
Jun 2012
#92
True and documented! Google TSA and VIPR. There have actually been many posts about this on DU also
suffragette
Jun 2012
#62
I find this part troubling: I wasn't wearing a turbin, a head scarf or a Burka...?
NNN0LHI
Jun 2012
#29
I like that idea! Not that they know what the 4th Amendment is anymore, as we've seen from their
sabrina 1
Jun 2012
#132
He was probably just trying to make sure you didn't have some WEED in your luggage.
Warren DeMontague
Jun 2012
#39
Maybe it's time we carry around wallet-size copies of the Bill of Rights for times like this.
rug
Jun 2012
#42
The OP raised a questions, has the TSA expanded its 'program' from airports to
sabrina 1
Jun 2012
#133
A bit more logical than believing something just because someone else asserted it
treestar
Jun 2012
#81
It doesn't fit with a pre-conceived notion. It fits with the facts, which have been posted over and
sabrina 1
Jun 2012
#136
So what do you think of the TSA's now expanded program, despite having been told it would never
sabrina 1
Jun 2012
#173
It doesn't matter whether I believe the OP or not. Are you saying the TSA has NOT expanded its
sabrina 1
Jun 2012
#161
True or not, I did see a news clip about TSA performing security checks on buses.
Proles
Jun 2012
#53
Don't worry about it, 'if you have nothing to hide you have nothing to worry about'
sabrina 1
Jun 2012
#129
No, it's hard to believe because the OP has not deigned to provide us with requested details.
randome
Jun 2012
#130
It doen't matter what you buy or don't buy. The fact is the TSA has now expanded what was already
sabrina 1
Jun 2012
#171
Really? We must live in two different countries because I have never, ever been accosted by
sabrina 1
Jun 2012
#172
It does not have to be interstate travel for TSA to be involved. See post #62
suffragette
Jun 2012
#72
Houston buses aren't interstate. also see post # 75 with the Whitehouse including intercity buses
suffragette
Jun 2012
#77
It looks like it's happening in more places, which isn't surprising given the expansion of funding
suffragette
Jun 2012
#100
The predictable response to new corporate, neocon, or police state outrages:
woo me with science
Jun 2012
#69
i'll not think this is any more than a bullshit post until there's FOLLOW UP!
stlsaxman
Jun 2012
#70
It's also on their ABC local news. Additionally the Whitehouse has included intercity buses
suffragette
Jun 2012
#75
I saw it happening near the Greyhound bus station in Houston on Friday night.
texanwitch
Jun 2012
#94
TSA patrols Burnside and Apple Valley transit (bus park & rides) in Minnesota in 2012 - source MVTA
suffragette
Jun 2012
#98
Doesn't need to be inside an airport. They've been doing this since 2010 at least:
sabrina 1
Jun 2012
#90
Well, it would take just one more big terror attack to get people obsessed about it again
treestar
Jun 2012
#139