Alex Jones is on the extreme side of the right-wing, one of those who can be expected to shout ‘CONSPIRACY’ immediately after such an event.
This underfunded spawn of George W. Bush’s Homeland Security Department is the GOP’s latest anti-government whipping boy.
Security is a real problem in this new century, I’m not denying that. But there is a way to be secure without instituting a police state mentality.
One of the main stumbling blocks is the development of data from mental health sources…25 states have submitted fewer than 100 mental health records; six have reported zero.
Headed for the airport? Make sure you’ve downloaded the ‘Fly Rights’ app for either Android or the iPhone.
The last time the TSA (Transportation Security Administration) told me to put my hands up, I put my hands up. I was in their privacy-invading machine at the airport, showing my naked form to some anonymous person in an undisclosed location
Supposedly the next generation in safety, it has been widely criticized as, at best, a massive invasion of privacy and, at worst, a very expensive boondoggle. It appears the boondoggle theory has panned out.
I’m not for the draconian TSA screenings, but for this particular incident to make Rand Paul the poster child for civil liberties, seems a little (a lot) overblown.
Rand Paul was supposedly detained by the TSA. If you’re a pseudo-libertarian Senator with a psuedo-libertarian Presidential candidate daddy, it sure makes for some good press.
On Monday morning, Rand Paul set off an alarm while walking through a full body scanner while attempting to board a flight to Washington DC. Paul claimed it must have been a false alarm because he didn’t have any metal with him.
As we approach the 10th anniversary of the enactment of the Aviation and Transportation Security Act this month, I reflect on a decade of unparallelled achievements by the TSA.
