TSA brings passenger security checks to the rails
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Thought you could avoid TSA security checks by riding the rails? Think again.
The TSA has started searching random passengers at Buffalo, New York train stations, wanding people for explosives. If you refuse, you’re banned from the station, and from traveling on Amtrak.
Searches aren’t random, but “risk-based.” For now, it’s only an experiment through the end of November, but other rail stations across the country should expect similar spot-checks over the coming months. How long before the first incident of ethnic profiling?
To channel Mr. T: My prediction… is pain.
(via USA Today)
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