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PALM BEACH, Fla. – As national outrage continues over what many consider to be overly intrusive security measures at America's airports, radio talk-show host Rush Limbaugh says the reason the revealing scans and patdowns are taking place now is because the Obama administration is intentionally punishing Americans over the recent midterm elections. "They're not happy with you people. They're not happy with what you did on Election Day, and this how you're gonna pay for it," the top-rated host said on his program today. "It's who they are, and people are becoming more and more aware of it now that...

In a climate of Internet campaigns to shun airport pat-downs and veteran pilots suing over their treatment by government screeners, some airports are considering another way to show dissatisfaction: Ditching TSA agents altogether. Federal law allows airports to opt for screeners from the private sector instead. The push is being led by a powerful Florida congressman who's a longtime critic of the Transportation Security Administration and counts among his campaign contributors some of the companies who might take the TSA's place. Furor over airline passenger checks has grown as more airports have installed scanners that produce digital images of the...

I submit that if we don't beat back the TSA's assault on innocent travelers, we might lose our nation for good. Or perhaps it would mean we have already lost it. The reality is that the TSA is no more about airline security than ObamaCare was about affordable health care. Both the organization and the bill are about the dehumanization -- and control -- of theoretically free Americans. Thus, it is critical that Americans win push back efforts against both, because if we lose on these two fronts, we have effectively lost most of our freedom. Now I realize there...