[Texas Fossil]

TSA says he was not "detained", but he did miss his flight.

The Constitution states clearly that House & Senate members are immune to normal arrest going and coming from Sessions.

Of course the Constitution is not held in high regards by Obozo.

The White House (no statement who spoke) has stated that the TSA was correct to detain Senator Paul.

MY, MY, My if there were ever a rogue agency that needed castrating it is TSA. Along with several others.

[Cicero]

I think it was Robert Gibbs who spoke for the White House, according to another source.

[omega4179]

DemonCraps are immune to DUI when in Congress!

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/05/04/politics/main1590041.shtml

[justlurking]

The TSA contends that once you enter the screening area, you must complete the screening. They won't allow you to refuse some aspect of screening, and then return to the non-secured area.

Of course, this is their "policy", which is completely contrary to any law I know about. I've read of people being detained, and "real" law enforcement being called. But, I believe that several people have continued to refuse, and law enforcement ultimately escorted them out -- because the sworn officers know the TSA has no authority to perform a search once it is no longer voluntary.

I suspect this is what happened to Rand Paul.

[manc]

the very same TSA who said they never strip searched two old ladies, the same TSA who then admitted they had but they said sorry but never.

That TSA do we mean?

[Dryman]

If I remember correctly, the ex-Grand Wizard Klansman in the Senate carried a pocket copy of the Constitution which was used for avoiding speeding tickets.

So, how is the TSA right on this one, Mr _resident?

[theDentist]

I don’t care if the Constitution says he cannot be arrested to or from attending Congress. He wasn’t arrested. And he’s not above the rest of us when it means getting on public air transportation. But he can do something about it.

[glock rocks]

I’m sure one of the questions in tonight’s NBC “debate” will be:

So, Mr. Speaker, what do you think of the White House’s reaction to the TSA having a sitting senator removed from the secure area of the airport by police for refusing to be molested by federal government agents?

BWAHAHAHAHA. As if.

[FlyingEagle]

The communist brutes detain a sitting United States senator. Wow.

And so it begins.

I am about to take a 2200 mile drive to pick up my dad and bring him back for a neurological work up in my town, rather than subject him to the unconstitutional search and privacy violation that is US air travel.

I will carry a pistol or two if I want, and a pocket knife, and a diet coke.

Bin Ladin won the war on terror. Now we have terror. In spades.

[mkjessup]

TSA = The Sanduskying of America.

[Free Vulcan]

All sorts of good material here.

[mass55th]

"A TSA spokesman disputed that Paul was ever “detained.”

Liars. They denied strip searching two elderly women, then were forced to admit they had wrongly strip frisked them. Frickin' a-holes.

[NonValueAdded]

If only he was as wise as Maj. ______ DeCoverley in the mess hall when confronted with such nonsense. /obscure

[Hot Tabasco]

Whatever the facts are, I salute Mr. Paul for taking a stand and bringing the light of truth on the TSA. Until the US is willing to stop this PC crap and target the real suspects of the searches, I’m gonna drive.......

[C210N]

The Constitution states clearly that House & Senate members are immune to normal arrest going and coming from Sessions.

You are correct, but still, the TSA was perfectly within bounds by detaining Rand. See, Rand could not officially be going or coming to/from Senate sessions because... the Senate happened during the time in question to be in recess.

Yes, that's correct. They were in recess at the time, according to the official proclamation of our majesty, zer(0).

[cva66snipe]

Thanks for standing up for our Constitution and our nation Rand. Any others in DC got his guts?

[takenoprisoner]

Legalize the restoration of freedom:

Abolish the TSA.
Abolish the Dept of Homeland (in)Security.
Repeal the (un)Patriot Act.
Repeal the 13th amendment.
Abolish the Federal Reserve.
Demand strict adherence to the oath given to defend the Constitution.

I’m still allowed to dream of freedom, right?

[WOBBLY BOB]

W Bush’s creation of DHS-—the gift that keeps giving

now that they’re free from worry over being fired they can really give the winky a good yank.

http://thedailypatdown.com/

[Girlene]

TSA says he was not "detained", but he did miss his flight.

I'll believe Rand Paul. Rand Paul Describes His TSA 'Detention'

...."Sen. Rand Paul spoke to The Daily Caller after his very public claim that he was detained by the Transportation Security Authority in Nashville after refusing a pat down, saying "If you’re told you can’t leave, does that count as detention?""..........

..............." here's Paul with a fuller account:

I tried to leave the cubicle to speak to one of the TSA people and I was barked at: ‘Do not leave the cubicle!’ So, that, to me sounds like I’m being asked not to leave the cubicle. It sounds a little bit like I’m being detained.

After about two hours of negotiations, the TSA let him enter the full-body scanner again and when it didn't beep, he proceeded on his way, dignity, apparently, intact. "..................

[Girlene]

Listen to Rand Paul describing his interaction with TSA agents. Sen. Rand Paul Describes Being Detained by the TSA After Refusing Pat Down Search

oh-la-la. Two TSA agents admitted that the screeners detecting something is part of random pat-downs. The machine is going off when nothing's there in order to trigger random pat-downs. They don't tell you this because they think you'll more likely submit if you think it's the machine.

[Girlene]

This is not going to go away. From Rand Paul Claims Rigged Machine May Have Led To Airport Ordeal

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) says his ordeal with the TSA Monday will result in him submitting a formal request into whether or not the scanners used at airports lie to trigger random pat downs."...............

.........."The difference between those two scans — one triggering an alarm and one not — will lead to a formal Senate inquiry, Paul (who has been a strong critic of the TSA’s pat down policy) told me in the airport.

Paul questioned why the machine would go off once and then not a second time. He said he suspects the equipment is rigged to set off false positives that then allow the TSA to conduct random pat downs without having to pull a passenger aside.

“I think was mine probably random, I doubt I was picked on,” he said. “But I would like to know: does the screener have the ability to push the button and randomly get someone to set off a screener?”".................