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Authorities search every vehicle at BWI

LINTHICUM, Md. (AP) =97 Authorities boosted security at Baltimore-Washington=
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International Airport, searching every vehicle that entered the airport,=20
tying up traffic for more than three hours Tuesday night. Brian Doyle, a=20
spokesman for the Transportation Security Administration, said there was=20
not a specific reason why every vehicle was checked. Random vehicle checks=
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continued Wednesday, but Doyle declined to say whether all vehicles were=20
being checked. "Occasionally, we'll go 100%, just as another tool in the=20
toolbox to keep the potential bad guys off balance," Doyle said.
Officers from the TSA and Maryland Transportation Authority Police searched=
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the passenger compartments and trunks of all vehicles Tuesday night. Doyle=
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said the agency will decide on occasion to search all vehicles. He said=20
extra officers were deployed to make the inspections go as fast as possible=
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and keep traffic delays to a minimum. The searches caused traffic to back=20
up several miles from the airport terminal.


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