Security precaution hits subways: Is it too much? | csmonitor.com: "Security precaution hits subways: Is it too much?
Boston is the first city to plan random searches of commuters, spurring questions over civil liberties.
By Elizabeth Armstrong and Noel C. Paul | Staff writers of The Christian Science Monitor
BOSTON � After Sept. 11, long lines and detailed security checks at airports marked Americans most direct experience with the 'new normal.' But in the aftermath of the Madrid train bombings in March, US law enforcement once again is broadening its presence at one of the most basic levels of American life - the nation's railways and subways. "
