[for-q-clinton]

this could get interesting and shine more attention on this. But I always opt for the massage over the xray machine.

[Keith in Iowa]

related: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2836594/posts

[ErnBatavia]

"their scanner had an ‘anomaly’ on the first scan.”

Rand was probably carrying a portion of his daddy's brain....

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Off topic - FR is a total, total slug AGAIN today....just got in after trying for the past five hours. Post time clock is now twelve minutes fast -- FR usually implodes once it creeps up to ten or eleven.

[Gene Eric]

Rand’s statist colleagues in the Senate are no doubt gloating.

[Psalm 144]

“He was escorted out of the screening area by local law enforcement.”

That is detained. That is not held, but it is detained.

[Frank_2001]

I always opt for travel by automobile;)

[WKUHilltopper]

“...cannot be granted access to the secure area in order to ensure the safety of others...”

Yeah? Really? And what are you doing with wide open borders then? Safety of others my ###!

[SumProVita]

There ARE problems with TSA personnel in Nashville. I had two of them lie to me outright last summer by trying to tell me that the X-Ray machines did not use x-rays.

[MichaelCorleone]

Maybe I missed it but did they know it was Rand and if so did they even know who/what he stands for/against?

I’m no fan of the TSA but it looks to me like he got caught up in ‘normal’ intrusive proceedure. No evidence it was politically motivated as far as I can tell.

It’s still an outrage, however.

[ProudFossil]

The same situation happened to me earlier this year. I cannot raise my arms as high as they say to do in the scanner, so there was an glitch in the scan. They told me I would have to submit to the perversions of the grope. I refused, saying I would go back through the scanner and they could then allow for my physical problem. It ended up with THREE city police, TWO airport police, and THREE TSA agents wanting to haul me off. The only good thing from it all was I held up that line at the airport for over 30 minutes. I did allow the groping, in private, with two TSA agents present. Now I tell them I cannot raise my arms that high and there is no problem.

ps. I bet Senator Rand had cupcakes hidden on him.

[Iron Munro]

The only thing we can be certain of is that whatever TSA says is a lie.

[rawhide]

Janet Napolean and other minions in the obamma adminstration never have to be searched. They get a pass to exempt them from having to go through these scanners. They write the law, then exempt themselves. Shameful!

[Publius6961]

The TSA says Sen. Rand Paul “was not detained at any point” but “triggered an alarm during routine airport screening and refused to complete the screening process in order to resolve the issue.”
“Passengers, as in this case, who refuse to comply with security procedures are denied access to the secure gate area,” the TSA adds. “He was escorted out of the screening area by local law enforcement.”

If a machine "has" an anomaly, it is an internal defect.
If it "found" an anomaly, it may be working properly, or also has a defect.

Clearly, TSA operators are the product of our government educational system, and not from the better end of the IQ curve. They seem unaware of the definition of "detained." Senator Paul was trying to get to his aircraft; he was prevented from doing so.

Stand by for further news.

[mc5cents]

When an alarm occurs a yellow box indicates where on the body to look for the anomaly. An individual is then patted down.

"An individual is then patted down" and that is the problem! Why not just check the area where the "yellow box" indicated an anomaly? But no! They give you the full monty! Screw the TSA.

[opentalk]

link from article at drudge

..Paul was scheduled to speak to the March for Life today in Washington D.C., an annual rally by anti-abortion rights activists held on the anniversary of the Supreme Court ruling Roe w. Wade. It looks like that won't happen.

[editor-surveyor]

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Go Rand!

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[bgill]

the TSA adds. “He was escorted out of the screening area by local law enforcement.”

Yo, TSA, that sounds very much like you did indeed detain him.

Hubby called this morning saying he'd heard this on the radio and laughed saying he doesn't know why he's ever surprised FR got it first.

[Atlas Sneezed]

I always “opt out”.

Last time I did, they didn’t even have me walk through the conventional magnetometer, and I got a rather perfunctory pat-down.

I could have had metal weapons secreted on/in my person.

[Lockbox]

Representative Patrick J. Kennedy crashed his car into a traffic barrier on Capitol Hill in the early morning hours on Thursday. He said he was apparently disoriented because he had been taking Ambien, the sleeping pill, and another medication.
Mr. Kennedy, a Rhode Island Democrat, said he drove to the Capitol at about 2:45 a.m. in the mistaken belief that he needed to vote. The House was not in session, having adjourned at 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday.

Roll Call, a Capitol Hill newspaper, said a police union official had written a letter to the Capitol police chief asserting that Mr. Kennedy appeared to be staggering when he left his car. But, it said, police officers at the scene were not allowed by their supervisors to perform a sobriety test. Roll Call quoted the letter as saying Capitol police officials gave Mr. Kennedy a ride home.

[PghBaldy]

Unless this happens to a prominent Democrat (or minority), nothing will change.

[Smokin' Joe]

“This technology uses the same generic image for all passengers to further protect passengers privacy. When an alarm occurs a yellow box indicates where an anomaly is. A targeted pat down is used to resolve the alarm.”

Keep in mind that the average human has one lactating breast, one testicle, one ovary, etc. I reckon they could pull over just about anyone, and the better...> ahem < their assets, the more they might not fit the 'profile', and thus require a 'pat down' grope.