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TSA Increases Suspicionless Spot Checks at Train Stations

By Jeralyn, Section Civil Liberties
Posted on Tue Dec 27, 2011 at 06:16:39 PM EST
Tags: TSA, VIPR (all tags)
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TSA searches have been expanding in recent months, thanks to its 25 Visible Intermodal Prevention & Response Teams which conduct random checks without suspicion. First authorized in 2005, they are now increasingly being used at train stations. The checks are being noticed at LA's Union Station. An additional 12 teams are planned for 2012. Since last summer, the VIPR teams have conducted 9,300 suspicionless searches.

What's a Visible Intermodal Prevention & Response Team? According to TSA:

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