"SHOW US YOR PAPEZ PLEEZE!" Stormtroopers searching people at bus stops in Indiana

[Hardrock69]

TSA checks IndyGo bus passengers


Screeners from the Transportation Security Administration checked passengers at two Downtown city bus stops this morning, looking for weapons and suspicious behavior.

David Kane, federal security director for TSA in Indianapolis, called it a "VIPR" operation.

"It's called Visual Intermodal Prevention Response. We have plainclothes inspectors, blue-gloved uniformed security officers who are checking baggage, the behavior detection officers, and federal air marshals, which are the law enforcement arm of TSA."

Security stations were set up at bus stops at Capitol Avenue and Market Street, and Ohio and Meridian streets.

Some passengers were patted down or submitted to having bags checked.

TSA said the searches were “by-permission,” meaning patrons could decline to be checked. Those who did would not be turned away, an official said, unless they otherwise appeared to be a security threat.


http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dl...LOCAL/70802006


Check out the big picture here:

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/8/3/03736/76330

[Nitro Express]

I lived in Israel for a year and security is tight at the airport and borders but they don't even do the pat down shit there. They just arm their citizens. People in the reserve carried UZIs and they had undercover IDF people who packed pistols conceiled. Trust me, anyone doing anything stupid would be at the point of a gun very quick and if deemed a seriouse threat, shot.

I used to hang out at the clubs and beaches at Tel Aviv enjoying it but I knew there were people on the beach armed and keeping an eye on things. No frisks or patdowns.