Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) was briefly detained by Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officials at Nashville International Airport Monday after he refused a full-body patdown.
The search was ordered after a full-body scanner device detected an “anomaly” around the senator’s leg, spokeswoman Moira Bagley told FOX News.
Paul offered to be re-screened by the scanner but refused a patdown “on the grounds that it [would be] infringing on his rights,” Bagley said.
TSA officials escorted Paul out of the security area but allowed him to remain in the airport. The Kentucky senator, who has been a vocal critic of the TSA’s patdown procedures, was then re-screened and re-booked on another flight without incident.
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The New York Post, “Sen. Rand Paul, Son of Ron Paul, Detained by TSA In Nashville.”
“Is that an anomaly in your pants, or are your civil liberties just happy to see me?”
(via inothernews)
I remember saying when this bullshit was first brought up that we should force every Federal elected official to experience an “enhanced pat-down”. Because it’s never a big deal how bad the rights of the public are infringed upon, it isn’t until a politician gets fucked by a bad system that it gets any real attention.
-Joe
(via stfuconservatives)
LOL … also, Nashville TSA agents are NOTORIOUSLY bored. They always scan my bag more than once for no reason whatsoever.
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