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PROVIDENCE -- Federal transportation security officers and bomb-sniffing dogs have paid a visit to the Providence train station as part of a national homeland security operation.

WPRI-TV is reporting that the officers screened bags and checked passengers' identification and tickets on Friday. Both uniformed and undercover officers participated in the unpublicized security check.

Joe Salter, the Rhode Island head of the federal Transportation Security Administration, tells WPRI that there's no specific threat but that it's important for terrorists to not know when and where officers will show up.

The TSA did a similar security check in Boston on Thursday.

Alex Leaven, who was at the train station, says he had no problem with the security check and that it made him feel safer.

-- The Associated Press

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