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Old Mar 6, 2008 | 11:43 am
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Originally Posted by intheaircop
What is the first word in TSA? TRANSPORTAION! TSA can do this in any form of public transportation to include trains, subways, bus stations, ferries and aircraft.
Cars?
Bicycles? (Times Square recruitment station bombing!)
Tricycles?
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Walkers?
Shoes?
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Old Mar 6, 2008 | 11:56 am
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Originally Posted by DevilDog438
Where in the Constitution, or its ratified Amendments, does it permit a federal agency to inspect a component of the transportation sector that does not have an interstate commerce aspect?
That's a very good point.

I hope a lawyer in San Diego picks up on this, and gets all charges tossed against the folks who were rounded up - the entire operation was illegal.
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Old Mar 6, 2008 | 12:04 pm
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Originally Posted by intheaircop
What is the first word in TSA? TRANSPORTAION! TSA can do this in any form of public transportation to include trains, subways, bus stations, ferries and aircraft.
Of course they might consider having some small amount of success in security at airports before encroaching on other facets of transportation.... but then that might be practical so you can't have that.
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