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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSen. Rand Paul: TSA Should Profile "Middle Eastern Students"
Sen. Rand Paul: TSA Should Profile "Middle Eastern Students"
Julia Krieger
Outraged over being detained by the TSA when he refused a pat-down after setting off an airport scanner, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) told Fox News host Greta Van Susteren on Monday night that even though he doesn't want "special treatment," TSA pat-downs need to be less random, targeting people such as "Middle Eastern students" who "are here visiting our country."
Watch:
http://politicalcorrection.org/blog/201201240010
Julia Krieger
Outraged over being detained by the TSA when he refused a pat-down after setting off an airport scanner, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) told Fox News host Greta Van Susteren on Monday night that even though he doesn't want "special treatment," TSA pat-downs need to be less random, targeting people such as "Middle Eastern students" who "are here visiting our country."
PAUL: I don't want special treatment. All Americans should be allowed to choose pat-down, or go back through the scanning machine. The other thing I learned today, and several TSA officials told me off the record that the scanning machine sends a false positive signal so they can randomly pat down people. ... And a couple of them off record told me, yes, I probably was being subjected to a random screening. But, they're kind of tricking the public into thinking, oh, you set off the buzzer so we don't have a choice in doing this random pat-down.
And I don't think the random pat-downs are making us any safer. I want to know where the Middle Eastern students are that are here visiting our country. Are they in class, are they going to class, if they get on a plane. If you've been to Yemen twice in the last six months, I want to know who you are and know more about your travel. But most American citizens need to go through a relatively easy security process that's not too invasive and doesn't take away our dignity.
And I don't think the random pat-downs are making us any safer. I want to know where the Middle Eastern students are that are here visiting our country. Are they in class, are they going to class, if they get on a plane. If you've been to Yemen twice in the last six months, I want to know who you are and know more about your travel. But most American citizens need to go through a relatively easy security process that's not too invasive and doesn't take away our dignity.
Watch:
http://politicalcorrection.org/blog/201201240010
It was only a matter of time before the kook came through.
Rand Pauls ironic incident
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002207091
Rand Paul, Supposed Defender Of Civil Liberties, Calls For Jailing People Who Attend Radical Political Speeches http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2011/05/31/232182/rand-paul-criminalize-speech/
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Sen. Rand Paul: TSA Should Profile "Middle Eastern Students" (Original Post)
ProSense
Jan 2012
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ProSense
(116,464 posts)1. Kick! n/t
Spazito
(50,327 posts)2. Racist POS like his dad...
Rand's world who are "most American citizens" and what's "not too invasive"?
I mean, which Americans are excluded?
redqueen
(115,103 posts)6. I wish I could say I was surprised.
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)4. Idiot. n/t
ellie50
(31 posts)5. hypocritter Paul
Gotta love those libertarians. They want government out of our lives....selectively
MADem
(135,425 posts)7. Good gravy, you can make this shit up! Target those "dusky ones" over THERE....not MEEE, though! nt