Senator Rand Paul detained by the TSA

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Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) is being detained Monday morning by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), his father, Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas), said on his Twitter page.
Rep. Paul said his son, who was elected to the Senate in 2010, refused to take a pat-down from TSA officals at the Nashville International Airport, which led to his detainment.
"My son @SenRandPaul being detained by TSA for refusing full body pat-down after anomaly in body scanner in Nashville," Rep. Paul, a candidate for the Republican nomination for president, said in a message to his 205,000 followers on his congressional Twitter page.
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Rep. Ron Paul says Rand Paul detained for refusing TSA pat-down - The Hill's Transportation Report
 


Gotta give it to Rand. When he took the Senate seat he sold the private jet, given to him by his predecessor and gave the money back to the tax payers. He started flying commercial airlines like the rest of us schmucks.

I'm pretty sure it's a violation of the Constitution to detain an active member of the Senate, except for cases of Treason. Good thing no one stands up for the Constitution anymore otherwise the TSA could be in some serious shit.
 
Section 6 of the US Constitution:
Clause 1: The Senators and Representatives shall receive a Compensation for their Services, to be ascertained by Law, and paid out of the Treasury of the United States. (See Note 6) They shall in all Cases, except Treason, Felony and Breach of the Peace, beprivileged 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.
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BlokBlok said:
Maybe the gov. can try out their new NDAA bill now?
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And what better way to do it with one of the few US senators who opposed it? LOLs!
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yawn.

If this story came out in early 2002 everyone would give him shit. But since its a whopping 10 years after 911 everyone is like omgthatsbullshit.
 
Why would he refuse the pat down? He's dealing with the lowest level of TSA, who are just trying to do their job and go home.
 
zimok said:
Why would he refuse the pat down? He's dealing with the lowest level of TSA, who are just trying to do their job and go home.
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Seems a little petty to me too.

But, he is a senator, and apparently you can't 'detain' them.
 
They might have also seen his ron paul bumper stick and detained him for questioning. I mean you can't let the terrorists win, they hate us for our freedom, so we gotta make sure we got no freedom left for them to hate.
 
zimok said:
Why would he refuse the pat down? He's dealing with the lowest level of TSA, who are just trying to do their job and go home.
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The "just doing their job" shit is a lame excuse. If a hitman is "just doing his job" that makes murder ok?
 
zimok said:
Why would he refuse the pat down? He's dealing with the lowest level of TSA, who are just trying to do their job and go home.
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Yes yes. Don't question authority, citizen. Good. Good.

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zimok said:
Why would he refuse the pat down? He's dealing with the lowest level of TSA, who are just trying to do their job and go home.
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That doing my job following orders thing did not work all that well in Nuremberg

You have to seriously laugh at Obama. Making a big deal this week about increasing tourism in this country and then have the TSA treat everyone who flies as a convicted felon.
 
headiez247 said:
omg good call that is totally comparable to this situation.

tsa employees should just ignore the government mandated procedures and just do whatever the fuck they want.

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First, he went through the body scanner.
Second, what they did was illegal-

“They (senators and representatives) 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.”

Third, you're a piece of shit if you think it's OK to follow orders when you know it's wrong. Nazi Germany started with increased security and scrutiny/marginalization of those that questioned the state, all based on fear mongering. If you don't see the parallels you're either blind or fucking retarded because they are right in face. Don't be so dense.
 
Holy Fucknugget, CNN is saying otherwise... That it wasn't a detainment... Rand just refused a pat-down and left willingly:

TSA turns away Sen. Rand Paul at airport checkpoint - CNN.com

A TSA official said Paul was "not detained at any point" and left the checkpoint willingly.
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Wow, that's quite a conflict. Naturally I will take Paul's words over CNN's. Who's got the proof though?

Shitstorm.gif is right! This is gonna be great...

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Gotta give TSA some credit though...

Since they started not one single old lady, old man, little boy, or little girl has blown up a train, bus, or airplane...
 
music4mic said:
First, he went through the body scanner.
Second, what they did was illegal-

“They (senators and representatives) 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.”

Third, you're a piece of shit if you think it's OK to follow orders when you know it's wrong. Nazi Germany started with increased security and scrutiny/marginalization of those that questioned the state, all based on fear mongering. If you don't see the parallels you're either blind or fucking retarded because they are right in face. Don't be so dense.
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Grab a dictionary and look up the difference between "arrest" and "detained".

Then go to a airport and talk to a TSA agent. Tell him that even tho hes probably miserable and making $40k a year, he should stand up to the TSA and refuse to do his job. Tell him that it will be totally worth getting fired and going on food stamps because hey, at least he will be standing up for what you personally think.
 
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