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TSA detains, interrogates Ron Paul's family and aides
Washington Times ^ | 8/31/12 | Tiffany Madison

Posted on 08/31/2012 2:00:51 PM PDT by Nachum

DALLAS ― After the Republican National Convention, Rep. Ron Paul’s family and aides were allegedly detained and interrogated in Clearwater, Florida yesterday. Paul’s family and aides attempted to depart for Texas when eight Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents refused to allow their passage. According to Lew Rockwell, Paul's former chief of staff, agents first questioned the pilot’s credentials, then insisted the passengers and plane be searched for explosives. TSA agents did not cite any specific threat, but insinuated the Paul family was a threat to Mitt Romney, claiming the nominee “might be nearby.” The pilot reminded

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KEYWORDS: detains; gopconvention; interrogates; pauls; ronpaul; tsa; tsapervs
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Your papers please
1 posted on 08/31/2012 2:00:59 PM PDT by Nachum
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To: Nachum

NUTSA!


2 posted on 08/31/2012 2:02:25 PM PDT by bunkerhill7 (Attack!- where?? who knew?)
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To: Nachum

End the TSA!


3 posted on 08/31/2012 2:04:13 PM PDT by DonaldC (A nation cannot stand in the absence of religious principle.)
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To: Nachum

No matter what people think about Ron Paul...this is absolute Porta Potty Water.

Since when did Obama/Napolitano TSA start caring about Romney?


4 posted on 08/31/2012 2:05:26 PM PDT by SeminoleCounty (When is Fox News gonna fire Karl Rove?)
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To: Nachum

Ron Paul or the TSA

The TSA or Ron Paul.

Finding it hard here to give a care about either.

~snort~


5 posted on 08/31/2012 2:07:12 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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To: Nachum
According to Lew Rockwell...

Oh please, they lost me here.

6 posted on 08/31/2012 2:07:21 PM PDT by Jean S
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To: Nachum

And its only gonna get worse.


7 posted on 08/31/2012 2:08:23 PM PDT by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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To: Nachum

I’m no fan of the TSA, but when they encounter people as crazy as the Ron Paul gang I can see where they might want to be extra careful. The old coot is stark raving mad, and since he’s lost what’s probably his last election, he should be viewed as a loose canon.


8 posted on 08/31/2012 2:08:33 PM PDT by Cementjungle
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To: Nachum

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It’s from some whack job blogger...


9 posted on 08/31/2012 2:09:05 PM PDT by jessduntno ("Racism is not dead...it is on life support - kept alive by politicians..." - Thomas Sowell)
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To: Nachum
Once again for those late to the show:

T.S.A. = The Sanduskying of America.
10 posted on 08/31/2012 2:11:07 PM PDT by mkjessup (Finley Peter Dunne - "Politics ain't beanbag")
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To: Responsibility2nd
Ron Paul or the TSA

The TSA or Ron Paul.

Finding it hard here to give a care about either.

~snort~

Thank you for proving it can happen here. That for a paycheck, an otherwise actual American will stoop to slander so vile, that it equals anything the Soviets, Communist Chinese or East German Stasi ever got their own people to do to each other to serve tyranny.

You're obviously far too gone to realize it, but with your post, today, your soul died.

Enjoy your thirteen pieces of silver.

11 posted on 08/31/2012 2:13:38 PM PDT by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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To: Nachum

“Lew Rockwell”??????? Hahahahahahahahaha! I’d stop ‘em too.


12 posted on 08/31/2012 2:13:38 PM PDT by Deb (If you wanna laugh everyday, follow Deepak Chopra on Twitter)
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To: Cementjungle

Were the vaginas part of the detained group. TSA would have fun patting them down.


13 posted on 08/31/2012 2:16:53 PM PDT by IM2MAD
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To: jessduntno

I agree. This is not the first post on FR on this story. I doubt this story... Not that I like TSA.. probably a Paul supporter with an AX to grind on the TSA and Romney...not that I am a Romney fan....


14 posted on 08/31/2012 2:16:59 PM PDT by 11th Commandment (http://www.thirty-thousand.org/)
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To: Talisker
OMG. I've insulted a TSA employee. Or a Paultard trufer.

Whatever. Fill out your butthurt grievance here.


15 posted on 08/31/2012 2:20:02 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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To: Nachum

This is the second or thrid time Paul family has had a run in with the TSA?


16 posted on 08/31/2012 2:23:37 PM PDT by Leep (I'm a Chic-Fil--A-merican)
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To: Nachum

Ron Paul supporters tend to be foul mouthed, disruptive and dishonest kooks.

However?

Though I doubt this story, if it is true -— a few people at TSA should be fired!


17 posted on 08/31/2012 2:26:23 PM PDT by Kansas58
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To: Nachum

He was boarding a private plane. They had no business messing with him.

I mean, its not like he was some kind of Vietnamese grandmother.

Still, I feel safer knowing that Ron Paul would not be able to hijack his own plane.


18 posted on 08/31/2012 2:26:48 PM PDT by marron
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To: Nachum
And there are people on this thread who make fun of this?

The TSA should be ended along with the open borders insanity of letting in the enemy aliens who created the need to have such a thug force.

Under the ruse of protecting transportation, we have ended up with a roving federal police force - typically made up of AINO's (Americans in Name Only) - that violates American rights at every step of the way.

And now they terrorize the family of a legitimate Presidential candidate, the mother of a United States Senator??!

No different then the Communist thugs of the Soviet Union and their criminal Chekists.

19 posted on 08/31/2012 2:30:15 PM PDT by Regulator
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To: Talisker

Sometimes Surely’s law does apply. Surely, the TSA and Ron Paul deserve each other.


20 posted on 08/31/2012 2:33:12 PM PDT by Steamburg (The contents of your wallet is the only language Politicians understand.)
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