Monday, January 23, 2012
TSA turns on its overlords
One at least in the form of Sen. Randy Paul, who found out that even illiterate peasants get angry when beaten.
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has reportedly “detained” Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) Monday morning in Nashville, Tennessee, according to a tweet sent by his communications director Moira Bagley.This is one of those situations where, as much as we would enjoy Randy being strip searched, given an orange jumpsuit and shipped to Guantanamo, we dread the TSA asserting dominance over those who have oversight of its actions.
“Just got a call from @senrandpaul,” she wrote. “He’s currently being detained by TSA in Nashville.”
Aides told NBC News reporter Kelly O’Donnell an anomaly on the senator’s right leg triggered an alert during a full body scan. Paul reportedly revealed that he had no metal in his leg, then refused to undergo a patdown search.
Paul has been a longtime critic of the TSA’s invasive search procedures.
He told a Senate committee in June, 2011 that the TSA has “gone overboard and you’re missing the boat on terrorism since you’re doing these invasive searches on 6-year-old girls.”
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