wow - and I thought the TSA was totally out of control before....

[peacebird]

"Think you could avoid the TSA's body scanners and pat-downs by taking Amtrak? Think again. Even your daily commute isn't safe from TSA screenings. And because the TSA is working with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol, you may have your immigration status examined along with your "junk".

As part of the TSA's request for FY 2012 funding, TSA Administrator John Pistole told Congress last week that the TSA conducts 8,000 unannounced security screenings every year. These screenings, conducted with local law enforcement agencies as well as immigration, can be as simple as checking out cargo at a busy seaport. But more and more, they seem to involve giving airport-style pat-downs and screenings of unsuspecting passengers at bus terminals, ferries, and even subways."

much more at link....

http://motherjones.com/mojo/2011/06/tsa-swarms-8000-bus-stations-public-transit-systems-yearly

[ixion]

1. Either defund the TSA, or reign them in

because they're out of control and wildly unconstitutional now.

[avebury]

10. K&R

[B-Stupid]

2. Hope & Change?

[Eddie Haskell]

3. No TSA, no transportation facilities, no nothing

It was just off the least used exit (hard to find when you're looking for it) on Rte. 83. An exit to nowhere. Think Twilight Zone.

[peacebird]

4. maybe your state is taking a page from the Florida playbook? Their cops

now "partner" with TSA on searches. Apparently georgia cops do as well.... Really stunning to me - searching folks AFTER they get off the train?

My question is: how do we get this tsa gestapo defunded or reigned in?

[WinkyDink]

5. It's entrenched now. The ONLY change will be MORE MONEY AND EXPANDED PRESENCE.

[Divernan]

6. That's why it is so critical we have a DEMOCRATIC president in control of administrative agencies

Oh, wait . . . . you mean we can't blame this on blue dogs or GOP majorities in the House/Senate?

[Divernan]

7. The Dept. of Homeland Security issues photo IDs to employees.

That includes FEMA. I know a FEMA employee who pulled out his DHS, federally issued, photo ID at airport screening. The TSA screener,also a DHS employee, is quite familiar with the DHS photo IDs, which require much more background screening than a state driver's license, but refused to accept the DHS ID.

Stupid policy, stupid TSA employee or inadequate training? Probably all three!

[BanzaiBonnie]

8. It's the long arm of the new military state

[woo me with science]

9. K&R nt

[onethatcares]

11. and silly me

thought this shit only happened in countries like the Soviet Socialist Republic where they had to keep their citizens in line

for some crazy reason or other.

I sure am glad I live in the land of the free.

edited fer spellin.