Senator Rand Paul Has Been Detained By The TSA At Nashville Airport

Senator Rand Paul Has Been Detained By The TSA At Nashville Airport(BI).On the list of stupid things the Transportation Security Administration could do for their public image: detaining Kentucky Senator Rand Paul, the politician most anxious to abolish them, is probably right near the top. But that's exactly what just happened, his Communications Director, Moira Bagley has confirmed it in a tweet. Kelly O'Donnell is reporting that aides say Paul was detained when he refused a full-body pat-down, after the scanner went off. Paul lifted his pant-leg to show he had no metal, and asked to be re-screened. He was denied this request. O'Donnell further reports that U.S. officials say that they didn't 'detain' him, though that is the word Paul's office is using. Bagley has now told Politico, “I spoke with him five minutes ago and he was being detained indefinitely... The image scan went off, he refused patdown.”I’m guessing that Rand Paul was en route to Washington for the Congressional session, in which case the TSA (and therefore the administration) have just violated the Speech and Debate Clause in the Constitution.I think we can safely say that the liberty-loving Senator may not have been a threat to board the airplane but he is likely to be a threat to the TSA from now on. Read the full story here and here.