[Timber Rattler]

Not a Ron Paul fan as most here know, but I'm hoping that TSA has finally screwed itself for good by detaining a U.S. Senator.

Ron Paul Facebook Page

[MulberryDraw]

So what will NDAA really be like after it kicks in in early March?

[LBG11]

Story from CNN: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/01/23/breaking-sen-rand-paul-detained-at-airport/

I don’t blame him... those pat downs take forever!

[kcvl]

Yeah, he looks like a terrorist ready to blow up an airplane! /s

[stormer]

Depends on what he did.

[truthkeeper]

Wow, 2,399 comments in 38 minutes.

[Cboldt]

-- I'm hoping that TSA has finally screwed itself for good by detaining a U.S. Senator. --

Don't hold your breath. The TSA is held in contempt and ridicule by a majority, and the agency hasn't lost any power or sleep over it.

[LBG11]

But from fox news twitter: “My colleague Mike Levine reports that a law enforcement official says that Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) was not detained, despite contrary claims.”

[rfreedom4u]

I thought congress critters had their own special line to go through? After all they can’t be held up by us little people.

[Sprite518]

So a U.S. Senator is being Detained????

WTF???

[Jonty30]

Down into the memory hole...

[Above My Pay Grade]

Sounds like he declined to consent to a sexual assault by TSA agents. Good for him! (Though his father is still a nut.)

[Sybeck1]

Personally, this is probably why I will never fly again.

[Rich21IE]

Hmm, the steel plate in his head set off the metal detector? (sorry, couldn’t resist).

[The Free Engineer]

So the TSA is not subject to Article 1 Section 6?

...They 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.

Or perhaps he breached the peace?

[Mikey_1962]

Isn’t it against the law to detain a legislator on their way to Congress?

[Sprite518]

Here is a quote from Politico,

““I spoke with him five minutes ago and he was being detained indefinitely,” Paul spokesperson Moira Bagley said Monday morning.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0112/71818.html#ixzz1kIUyMLRB

Indefinitely??? I can assure the TSA will not be able to hold the Senator indefinitely.

[Minus_The_Bear]

Can we get a better source for this that Ron Paul's Facebook page?

This is all over Twitter / Politico, etc... now.

[To-Whose-Benefit?]

Like when they tried to Confiscate the Congressional Medal of Honor from Joe Foss, because an 86 year old American Hero might use it asa weapon.

http://www.homeofheroes.com/news/archives/2002_0100_foss.html

Rand Paul, Joe Foss, and All of us.

My mother, who was then in her mid 70s, had one of these useless scum - they were traveling in a Pack of at least a dozen - split off and cross a good 7 feet of open aisle to shoulder her aside, just to prove she (TSA Agent) Could: as if to say, “and what are you going to Do about it?”

Close the borders and send the Illegals home so we won’t have any Excuse to keep the TSA on the books!

[ILS21R]

[justiceseeker93]

Wonder what the issue is: did Sen. Paul say something politically incorrect that got the TSA robots into a tizzy? Probably they didn't recognize him.