Thank you for the link to the committee hearing.
I listened to most of it again to see if my memory was in anyway faulty at to the tenor of the hearing.
Unfortunately, it was not, although I will not quibble with your observation that Jum DeMint was flirting rather than kissing.
I do agree with your comment that neither side of the aisle is concerned with liberty - they seemed to concentrate on more funding to bring the TSA's tentacles into all forms of transportation and, thereafter, without a doubt into sports and entertainment venues.
I will repost the link:
Senate Commerce Committee hearing