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Old Jan 24, 2012 | 7:39 am
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saulblum
 
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While Senator Paul may be railing against airport friskings and false positives of AIT, in the big picture, he really is not any better than other politicians.

http://nation.foxnews.com/rand-paul/...e-some-dignity

And I don't think the random pat downs are making us any safer. I want to know where the Middle Eastern students that here are visiting our country. Are they in class? Are they going to class? If they get on plane, if you've been to Yemen twice in the last six months, I want to know more about your travel. But most American citizens need to go through an easy security process that's not too invasive and doesn't take away our dignity.

Now they have a special line in many airports for the pilot. What I would do is I would take the special line for the pilot and add that to frequent business travelers that are willing to do a background check. The other thing it does is it allows the screeners to spend more time with people that may be a threat to our country when they are spending less time with people who are just regular business travelers.
So essentially, Senator Paul supports profiling and intensive questioning of "Middle Eastern-looking" passengers and programs that let passengers get easier screening by allowing more government surveillance of their behavior.

Yet the passengers who brought us the shoe carnival and AIT do not fit such simple profiles.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ard_reid_1.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...UmarFarouk.jpg

But as long as "most citizens" can keep their dignity, it's okay.
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