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hitting the Tennessee interstate highways to search for terrorists under the auspices of the Visible Intermodal Prevention and Response (VIPR) program.
According to Nashville NewsChannel5, the TSA personnel will be divided into "viper" teams. Personally, I think it’s a rather fitting name.
Also - and this is just conjecture - I think it’s easier to convince the prototypical goon to actively violate people’s Constitutional rights when the team they’re on sounds cool.
Originally posted by 1SawSomeThings
reply to post by Electrum
You might want to check out this ATS thread already discuusing the topic.
Maybe the state government is so broke that they can’t pay for anything anymore.
Originally posted by Houser
I agree this is a bit over reacting, however i believe security should be privatized which is why I support Ron Paul =].
Originally posted by Fractured.Facade
This is isolated to strictly commercial vehicles and buses...
Originally posted by DissentFromDayOne
Originally posted by Fractured.Facade
This is isolated to strictly commercial vehicles and buses...
I am going to take a wild guess and write that you have never heard of "camel nose under the tent?"
You think they start with the end that they have (already) in mind?
Google: "boiling the frog" ..... and this ends our kindergarten lesson for today.
Originally posted by TinkerHaus
reply to post by Xcathdra
I'm sure my state representatives have my email address blacklisted I write so much. I try to snail mail them as much as possible, because I believe it to be more effective, but you can't really tell either way.
I agree with you 100% though, absolutely voice your concerns to your representatives. Also, thank you for clarifying the TSA's authority, because I was not fully aware.