Summary: I just had to post some of coverage of this week's public altercation between Sen. Rand Paul and the TSA. On Monday, it was reported that the Senator was detained by agents of the Transportation Security Administration at the Nashville International Airport. An "anomaly" was supposedly spotted on the Senator's person when he went through the naked body scanner, at which time TSA agents insisted on a full patdown. Dr. Paul denied permission for the intrusive search, which began a 90-minute stand-off between the Senator and the TSA. Rand eventually made it on another flight, but not without speaking to the media about his displeasure with the attitude and tactics of the belligerent federal agency. For their part, the Obama administration supported the actions of their agents in Nashville, and the TSA attempted to characterize Rand as irate, and somehow unreasonable (leaked security video contradicts this claim). This file contains media reports of the story, interviews with the Senator himself, and some commentary on the issues raised by the offensive methods employed by TSA. Links to original media sources are included in the file description, included audio can be heard in the order listed below: (0:00) Sen. Rand Paul Stopped by Tenn. Airport Security. Video compliments of YouTube User: AssociatedPress. (1/23) (1:21) Rand Paul Detained by TSA - As Reported by MSNBC's Kelly O'Donnell. Video by YouTube User: LibertarianPaulicy. (1/23) (3:57) Rand Paul Refuses TSA Pat-Down. Video compliments of YouTube User: ABCNews. (1/23) (6:16) Rush Limbaugh (the bloated windbag) Compares Ron Paul to Islamic Terrorist. Video by YouTube User: Conservative1001BG. (1/23) (6:57) Sen. Rand Paul talks about his encounter with the TSA On the Record with FNC's Great Van Susteren. (1/23) (13:27) Rand Paul on CNN's OutFront: TSA Agents Threatened To Do A Full Body Pat-Down On Him For Using His Cell Phon. Video by YouTube User: MOXNEWSd0tCOM. (1/23) (19:54) Rand Paul talks to Sean Hannity about being detained by the TSA. Video by YouTube User: bxtidre7. (1/23) (33:09) Rand Paul joins the Judge on FBN's Freedom Watch after he says he was detained at the airport in Nashville for refusing a pat-down. (1/23) (40:12) TSA too intrusive? Dr. Paul talks with Fox News' Megyn Kelly about being detained by airport security. (1/24) (46:20) Rand Paul Reveals TSA Theory to Glenn Beck: Scanners Go Off to Justify ‘Random’ Patdowns. (1/24) (57:21) Rand Paul Held by TSA at Nashville Airport, report by Alex Jones on Infowars Nightly News. (1/24) (1:03:57) New TSA legislation coming from Sen. Paul? Rand on Fox News' Hannity. (1/24) (1:10:11) Rand Paul to CNN's Wolf Blitzer: "TSA compromising dignity." (1/24) (1:20:34) The Plain Truth with FBN's Judge Napolitano: Why The TSA Is Unconstitutional. Video by YouTube User: JudgeNapolitanoFTW. (1/25) (1:25:59) TSA Abuses the Hallmark of a Police State? Reason Magazine-Editor-in Chief Matt Welch on Fox Business' Freedom Watch. (1/25) (1:29:47) TribLive: TX State Rep. David Simpson on Rand Paul and TSA Groping. Video by YouTube User: thetexastribune. (1/26).
