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I started out my riff (@ 20 minutes into the tape) talking about how a TSA agent at Baltimore went berserk over the cigar I had in my pocket.<\/p>\n<p>You can listen to or download the audio file <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fff.org\/comment\/com1107r.asp\"><strong>here<\/strong>.<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jacob Hornberger, Sheldon Richman, and I had fun flogging the war on terror during a Freedom Fest panel earlier this month. Since I was the token moderate on the panel, I went third. 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