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Old Aug 25, 2011 | 12:22 pm
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mahohmei
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I continue to be baffled as to why Greyhound doesn't tell the TSA "This bus depot is private property--no warrant, no searchie". (Of course, this would only work where the Greyhound station is, in fact, private property, which is not always the case.)

Especially in areas of the country (northeast) where they're competing with Amtrak, tiny-haul flights, and other bus carriers. Heck, it's a marketer's dream come true: "Go Greyhound and leave the TSA to the skies."

Any other business would do this. If a cop stationed himself at the entrance to a mall and started demanding photo ID of patrons entering and leaving the mall, the mall management would tell him to pound sand and come back with a warrant.

Originally Posted by 2089x5449
So, even if the government is not conducting movement control in privately-owned bus depots, the bus lines are play-acting at TSA, and federal LEOs can board buses to question passengers and check IDs. I'll let the RFID conspiracists decide whether or not that changes things.
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