[IbJensen]

“How we as Americans react to authoritarian agencies like TSA is an indicator of how much we still value freedom over our persons and effects.”

[bamahead]

"Would you feel secure in your person while standing in a peep booth at the airport? Do you think see-through scanners might be unreasonable searches? And where’s the probable cause, warrant and oath or affirmation describing the place to be searched?”



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[Sarajevo]

The list of criticisms and scandals rates two full pages of fine print at Wikipedia and includes claims that TSA provides no actual security, just jobs for more federal workers.

TSA is a democratic jobs program for the chronically unemployed.

[zeugma]

Paul’s final point is chilling: “How we as Americans react to authoritarian agencies like TSA is an indicator of how much we still value freedom over our persons and effects.”

Abolutely true. Unfortunately the rabidly anti-Ron-Paulites  on this board won't be able to see the message, for the messenger.

[IYAS9YAS]

The failure of the TSA to intercept the Christmas Day Bomber has made headlines across the country.

The flight originated outside the US, TSA had no control.

[KeyLargo]

Monday, March 08, 2010
WorldNetDaily Exclusive

Obama’s TSA pick: Hire on ‘ethnic diversity’
Robert Harding says placing minorities at top should be ‘requirement’

Posted: March 08, 2010
1:05 pm Eastern

By Aaron Klein
WorldNetDaily

President Obama’s pick to head the Transportation Security Administration long has pushed for “ethnic diversity” as a determining factor in hiring new teams for U.S. military and intelligence agencies, WND has learned.

The president announced today his nominee for TSA chief, retired Gen. Robert Harding.

Harding served in the Army for 33 years until he retired in 2001 and went into business as a private security contractor. He previously served as the Defense Department’s top human intelligence officer and managed a $1 billion intelligence collection program. Between 2003 and 2009, Harding was a government consultant on human intelligence and counterintelligence issues.

He has lobbied for “ethnic diversity” in the U.S. defense establishment.

WND found that in 2003, Harding submitted written testimony to a Senate subcommittee hearing on intelligence issues pushing for more diversity at security agencies, going so far as to call diversity a “requirement.” ..excerpt

http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=127285

[Eagle Eye]

Paul...what a whack job...concerned with liberties and freedoms. He needs to get over that...the rest of the GOP has.