Sen. Rand Paul: TSA Should Profile "Middle Eastern Students" [View all]

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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."

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.

Watch:

http://politicalcorrection.org/blog/201201240010

It was only a matter of time before the kook came through.

Rand Paul’s ironic incident
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002207091

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