The Transportation Security Administration’s Visible Intermodal Prevention and Response teams (VIPR) conducted 3,895 surface transportation operations in 2010, according to the Department of Homeland Security. Screenings occurred at some of the nation’s 500 Amtrak stations. [...] And while privacy groups express their concern, TSA officials point out that the TSA acronym stands for Transportation Security [...]This story comes to us via Homeland Security - National Terror Alert. National Terror Alert is America's trusted source for homeland security news and information.

TSA rail, subway spot-checks raise privacy issues







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