Ron Paul: Abolish the TSA, Stop Abuses and Failures

Congressman Ron Paul

The press reports are horrifying: 95 year-old women humiliated; children molested; disabled people abused; men and women subjected to unwarranted groping and touching of their most private areas; involuntary radiation exposure. If the perpetrators were a gang of criminals, their headquarters would be raided by SWAT teams and armed federal agents. Unfortunately, in this case the perpetrators are armed federal agents. This [...]

Texas House passes ‘anti-groping’ airport security bill – Fort Worth Star-Telegram

AUSTIN – A Senate committee on Monday approved heavily revamped legislation to ban intrusive airport pat-downs on Monday as supporters rushed to salvage the beleaguered measure before the end of the Legislature’s special session on Wednesday.

With House Speaker Joe Straus denouncing the bill as a “public stunt,” the chief Senate sponsor of the bill incorporated changes that prompted some supporters of the original bill [...]

Texans to Launch ‘Citizen Filibuster’ Over TSA Groping

Texans outraged by repeated attempts on behalf of state representatives working in consort with the federal government to kill legislation that would ban invasive TSA groping are set to launch a ‘citizen filibuster’ that seeks to pressure public servants into following the will of the people.

Despite the fact that the anti-groping legislation in Texas passed the House unanimously last month [...]

TSA DEFENDS TAKING OFF 95-YEAR OLD’S DIAPER

Lori Van Buren/Albany Times Union – FILE PHOTO

A woman, not pictured, was forced to remove her adult diaper to be screened at the airport.

The Transportation Security Administration doesn’t think its agents did anything wrong in asking an elderly woman with cancer to remove her adult diaper during an aiport security screening.

The agency came under fire after Florida woman Jean Weber claimed her 95-year-old mother was forced to [...]

TSA stands by officers after pat-down and removal of elderly woman’s adult diaper in Florida