TSA searches 3-year old in a wheelchair
We’ve all seen the videos of Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers searching seniors and small children, but a video from O’Hare International Airport in Chicago is about as disgusting...
View ArticleIncoherent Politicians Lag Public Opinion on TSA
Written by Jim Harper, Director of Information Policy Studies at the Cato Institute. Posted with permission from Cato @ Liberty. If you needed proof of politicians’ sensitivity to, and encouragement...
View ArticleSlow and Steady Progress on TSA Strip-Search Policy
Written by Jim Harper, Director of Information Policy Studies at the Cato Institute. Posted with permission from Cato @ Liberty. Having pled before the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals that doing a...
View ArticleTSA harasses 3-year old in a wheelchair
Only the Transportation Security Administration could make a child’s trip to Disney World so miserable that she doesn’t want to go. As the Forck family was going through security at Lambert-St. Louis...
View ArticleTSA: Drinking the bong water
TSA gets a tough rap. Let’s face it folks, these people do a tough, tough job, and all they get from us is nothing but derision, despite their hard work They keep us safe from terrorists and all we...
View ArticleTSA Profiling, Security Theater, and the Fourth Amendment
Written by Julian Sanchez, a research fellow at the Cato Institute. Posted with permission from Cato @ Liberty. This weekend, The New York Times reported that the Transportation Security...
View ArticleRand Paul To Take on TSA Once Again
We’ve complained long and hard about the TSA and it’s terrible “security” practices for years. It’s a horrible agency that should have never been instituted. Fortunately, Rand Paul is on the case:Sen....
View Article7 on the 7th: Inaugural Low-Hanging Fruit Edition
I’ve decided to start a new feature here at United Liberty, one that would run on a monthly basis. I’m calling it “7 on the 7th.” It will be a list of 7 agencies, on the 7th of the month, that we...
View ArticleTSA Foils Lotion Bomb Plot, Nabs My Daughter
One day last week, I woke up, got dressed for work, and hugged and kissed my 18-year old daughter goodbye, as she was shortly to be heading out to the airport to fly out west to visit a friend. I then...
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