The TSA Wants To Be Everywhere In 2013

Deleted member 472633 · Jan 6, 2013

Christopher Elliott: The TSA Wants To Be Everywhere In 2013 -- Here's Why We Shouldn't Let It

Turns out the TSA goes to NFL games and political conventions and all kinds of places that have little or nothing to do with air travel. It even has a special division called VIPR -- an unfortunate acronym for Visible Intermodal Prevention and Response team -- that conducts these searches.

Few people know that $105 million of their taxpayer dollars are going to fund 37 VIPR teams in 2012, whose purpose is to "augment" the security of any mode of transportation. They don't realize that these VIPR teams can show up virtually anytime, anywhere and without warning, subjecting you to a search of your vehicle or person.

That's not a fringe observation, by the way. Even the most mainstream news outlets have reported on the problems of these random checkpoints. And it's being observed by mainstream news personalities, not just consumer advocates with a long list of grievances from their constituents
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Can't even go to a football game without getting your balls groped anymore in the."Land of the Free"

Lenny. · Jan 6, 2013

I will be pissed if this happens to basketball games.

Haven't had this experience personally. I've been riding New York subways.

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