On this first National Opt-Out Day, good Americans are supposed to blindly trust the Transportation Security Administration. But the TSA has had far more scandals than the media chooses to admit – or remember. Following is a piece I wrote for the New York Times in August 2004 on the nationwide epidemic of baggage looting […]
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TSA: Three Cheers for National Opt-Out Day!
National Opt-Out Day is a great response to the TSA’s damned outrages. From the Opt-Out Day website: Wednesday, November 24, 2010 is NATIONAL OPT-OUT DAY! It’s the day ordinary citizens stand up for their rights, stand up for liberty, and protest the federal government’s desire to virtually strip us naked or submit to an “enhanced […]
TSA hand work in the New York Times
Congratulations to everyone raising hell about the TSA. When the New York Times Business Section has to notice the hubbub, the issue has traction.
TSA Busted: Ron Paul’s Reform Legislation
Here is Ron Paul’s statement on HR 6416 Introducing the American Traveler Dignity Act Mr. Speaker, today I introduce legislation to protect Americans from physical and emotional abuse by federal Transportation Security Administration employees conducting screenings at the nation
TSA Tyranny: Ron Paul to Announce Legislation Today to Rein the Rascals in
from a Ron Paul Twitter: I will introduce legislation later today addressing TSA abuses. Look for my floor speech on C-SPAN, probably between 5-6 PM EST…
“Freedom & the War on Terrorism” – my Pennslyvania speech…
Now online here: the video of my “Freedom and the War on Terrorism” speech last month in Bernville, Pennsylvania. I want to thank Bob Bowers, who organized this libertarian supper club, for inviting Jacob Hornberger and I to talk there. The audience was excellent – lots of hardliners full of fire-and-brimstone. The question-and-answer exchanges after […]
Counterpunch: Operation Tarmac
From Counterpunch – OPERATION TARMAC by James Bovard ….. Unfortunately, few people recognize the political racketeering involved in the post–9/11 roundups of airport workers. That practically ensures that, if there is another major terrorist attack or some similar debacle, mass arrests will once again be used to burnish the government’s image.
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