Ron Paul Warned About This: TSA Removes Opt-Out From Full Body Scanners

BaneMaler Sat, 01/02/2016 - 19:23

I personally refuse to fly as long as this stands.  What are a free people to do?

From Ron Paul Liberty Report:

By Daniel McAdams

Never let a crisis go to waste. That is the motto of every government agency and every bureaucrat. Citing "heightened tensions over terrorism," the Transportation Safety Administration has unilaterally decided that fliers can no longer "opt-out" of the potentially cancer-causing and completely useless full body scanners in favor of a pat-down from a TSA agent. There was no debate in Congress. Not even an executive order. It was just a rule made by an unelected and unaccountable body, as one might expect in a dictatorship. 

The TSA decision is a psychological defeat for liberty as well. Removing the option to "defy" the agency's demand that travelers submit to the scanners takes away that little bit of what America once was, the independent spirit of a free people. Now, head down, we must march through like cattle as our rude overlords bark out orders. It didn't have to be this way. Ron Paul saw this coming and introduced in several Congresses the American Traveler Dignity Act, which would have curtailed TSA powers and made TSA agents subject to the same assault laws as the rest of us. Here is a clip to remember while being corralled through the TSA cancer machines this Christmas season:

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I haven't heard anything from anyone about this. But I haven't been keeping up with news much lately. What's Rand's response to this? I did hear about someone filing a lawsuit. How in the hell do we know they don't have a way to zap people they don't like?

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I have been digging around to find the official changes.  It appears that they are now doing random searches which will require those being searched to comply with the body scanners.  So still not 100% of everyone using the devices yet, but if you end up with your ticket marked at random you have no choice.  This is horrific.  We are looking for other travel options.  TSA also offers a Pre check where you must maintain a passport, be finger printed, supply a litney of documents, fill out a form, be interviewed, and pay a $85 fee for a 5 year pass.  Obsurd!

 

From TSA:

Reason for this Update
TSA is updating the AIT PIA to reflect a change to the operating proto
col regarding the ability of individuals to opt out of AIT screening in favor of physical screening. While passengers may generally decline AIT screening in favor of physical screening, TSA may direct
mandatory AIT screening for some passengers as warranted by security considerations in order to safeguard transportation security.
 
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Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
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