Thursday, December 22, 2011

tsa

From the LA Times....

The TSA's 25 "viper" teams — for Visible Intermodal Prevention and Response — have run more than 9,300 unannounced checkpoints and other search operations in the last year. Department of Homeland Security officials have asked Congress for funding to add 12 more teams next year...TSA officials say they have no proof that the roving viper teams have foiled any terrorist plots or thwarted any major threat to public safety. But they argue that the random nature of the searches and the presence of armed officers serve as a deterrent and bolster public confidence.

Oh, I feel safer already.

4 comments:

STAG said...

I wonder if they learned that from Pinochet.

Cerulean Bill said...

Pinochet? The kid with the wooden nose?

STAG said...

Augusto Pinochet President of Chili

http://mneumann.tripod.com/pinochet.html

Cerulean Bill said...

Actually, that was a joke....