Take this for what it's worth...
I used to have a lot of friends and aquaintances in the law enforcement community. The word was the DEA personnel were the bottom of the barrel as far as Federal law enforcement were concerned, i.e. they were the ones who couldn't make it in the FBI, the BATF, the Secret Service, and other agencies.
Not that the local cops I knew had much use for the Feds anyway. Their opinions went like this:
The FBI: Great lawyers and scientists, lousy cops.
The BATF: Great bookkeepers, lousy cops.
The others didn't matter.
Again, take it for what it's worth. And if I've offended anyone I sincerely apologize, just passing on what I heard years ago.
Think it's bad on Amtrak? You should see what they do to private pilots departing the southwestern states for destinations in the North and Midwest. Many innocent folks have been greeted at gunpoint upon landing at their destination or a fuel stop along the way. It's profiling and Gestapo tactics pure and simple.
Norm
http://www.businessinsider.com/when-simply-taking-the-train-is-deemed-suspicious-behavior-2015-5
Sure is a good thing that we live in the "land of the free".
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