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In reply to the discussion: I was stopped today at the Bus Stop by the TSA. [View all]randome
(34,845 posts)128. Those are two different things.
I agree we need to be vigilant and we need concrete changes but we still, for the most part, live by laws.
Are there areas where the law breaks down and needs reform? Hell, yes.
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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