TSA vs Rand Paul

[JetGirl]

Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul (R) was detained Monday by the Transportation Security Administration in Nashville, Tenn. after refusing a full body pat-down...

I hope this gets good.

Read more: Rand Paul detained by TSA - Tim Mak - POLITICO.com
Rand Paul detained by TSA - Tim Mak - POLITICO.com

 

[J_Wales]

Good for Paul!

It's refreshing to see some still stand up for their natural rights and the limitations imposed on the central government in the Constitution of the United States.

Not everyone is a blind, bleating sheep slogging through the stockades to their slaughter.

 

[Titanium_Frost]

I like how (it appears at least) that he did not pull the Senator card to get by a search and is standing up for his rights as a Citizen of the US.

Its about time someone stood up to them.

 

[TaunTaun]

Best comment I saw on the site

Article 1 Section 6 of the US Constitution. Am I the only one who has read this thing? "They (senators and representatives) shall in all cases, except treason, felony and breach of the peace, be privileged from arrest during their attendance at the session of their respective Houses, and in going to and returning from the same; and for any speech or debate in either House, they shall not be questioned in any other place."

Where is the SWAT team to rescue the kidnapped Senator? He is being held by force against his will.

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[sepe]

I just saw this too and figured it would already be posted. It'll be interesting to see what happens after this.

 

[ZombieApocolypse]

Why is it only Pauls standing up to whats wrong?

 

[hooky]

Glitch in the scanner and instead of letting him go back through, they demand a pat down?

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/01/rand-paul-in-pat-down-standoff-with-tsa-in-nashville/

TSA is saying he wasn't detained, just escorted from the area.

 

[sepe]

Maybe they liked his package?

 

[JetGirl]

Glitch in the scanner

I think the anomaly detected by the TSA was "Rights". It's unfamiliar to them...

 

[CarmelHP]

This is the treatment a U.S. Senator, the top of the bureaucratic aristocracy, receives. What hope then does a lone, private citizen have against this Leviathan? TSA must go.

 

[Tebow]

Glitch in the scanner and instead of letting him go back through, they demand a pat down?

Glitches in the scanners are common when the Paul family travels. It's because they carry large amounts of freedom with intent to distribute.

 

[hooky]

I think the anomaly detected by the TSA was "Rights". It's unfamiliar to them...

I have to spread it around. That certainly deserves it.

I'll be interested in hearing his side of the story. TSA seems to be in full CYA mode. Every story I've read has been updated to include the TSA statement.

 

[JetGirl]

Previously...

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5LexiltI-U[/ame]

 

[Roadie]

So, he wasn't allowed through to the secure area of the airport. but the TSA says "he was never detained"..

Interesting

 

[wabash]

sounds like he was free to go.

 

[hooky]

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/01/rand-paul-in-pat-down-standoff-with-tsa-in-nashville/

A standoff?

 

[Expat]

The great Commonwealth of Kentucky should send some folks in to free him if the Federal Government isn't going to protect the Senator.

 

[femurphy77]

They are right to detain him!!! His family is a serious threat to the status quo!! How dare he believe in the rights of the individual over the "rights" of the state!!!!!










See: Sarcasm.

 

[jsx1043]

I think the anomaly detected by the TSA was "Rights". It's unfamiliar to them...

Glitches in the scanners are common when the Paul family travels. It's because they carrry large amounts of freedom with intent to distribute.

Repped on both!

 

[hooky]

Nice response from his Chief of Staff

Sen. Rand Paul’s chief of staff Doug Stafford responded to the TSA’s claim that the senator was “not detained at any point.” “Well, I don’t know what bureaucrat manuals call it, but: an innocent American citizen who was offering to cooperate while also attempting to stop an invasive search was not allowed to proceed without complying,” Stafford said in an email to TheDC

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