Yep, surveillance is the NSA's jobphilip964 wrote:Since we are talking about Amtrak, I will relate a story of an acquaintance.
Single, and a train nut. Retired from a big oil company and bought a one month rail pass and decided to see America by him self.
Got on the Amtrak in Houston headed East. The Train stopped in New Orleans for an hour layover. Got off the train and started photographing the train, the engine, etc. Amtrak employee asked him what he was doing. Kinda pestered him with questions until an Amtrak security officer arrived. Who continued to pester him with questions. Until the New Orleans police arrived where he was arrested and put in a "heck hole" of a jail in downtown New Orleans.
Got out just in time before Katrina hit. Ended up providing his home in Houston for the attorneys who got him out of jail.
Never heard how his criminal or civil case worked out. But he didn't end up seeing America on Amtrak.
So you don't have to be carrying a gun to have problems with Amtrak, a camera is enough.
