TSA Hopes To Keep Terrorists Off-Guard With Security Checks
October 23, 2009 by Homeland Security NTARC News
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Hoping to keep terrorists and others off-guard the TSA conducted a random security check of nearly 700 Bus passengers in Orlando Florida yesterday, using the agency’s Visible Intermodal Prevention and Response, or VIPR.
Bryce Williams wasn’t expecting to walk through a metal detector or have his bags screened for explosives at the Greyhound bus terminal near downtown Orlando.
But Williams and 689 other passengers went through tougher-than-normal security procedures Thursday as part of a random check coordinated by the U.S.Transportation Security Administration.
The idea is to keep off guard terrorists and others who mean harm, thereby improving safety for passengers and workers. There was no specific threat to the bus station on John Young Parkway south of Colonial Drive.
Although the TSA is best known for its agents at airports, the agency’s Visible Intermodal Prevention and Response, or VIPR, teams stage periodic operations at bus and train stations, ports and other transportation centers. They began work in December 2006.
Thursday’s daylong event was the first at a Greyhound station in Florida, said John Daly, TSA security director for the Orlando region.
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As long as they are not afraid of offending Muslims by taking them aside for further scrutiny. I was in Las Vegas a couple of years ago, and two Muslim/Saudis were going through security. Ahead of them was a 80ish female. TSA took her aside to search her and the two muslims passed right through. I honestly cannot tell you when the last time an 80 year old woman blew up an airplane. The time for political correctness should be over.