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Libertarian Catnip, Ron Paul Edition

by Josh Marshall
01.23.12 | 11:47 am

Sen. Rand Paul managed to get himself ‘detained’ today by the TSA after refusing a pat-down at the airport after setting off some scanner. Then Paul accused the TSA of rigging the scanners to justify random searches of people like Rand Paul. The TSA says, No true.

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