Free Talk Live - TSA

Government Surveillance of Air Travellers

JessieLee — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 00:48:25 +0000

Panelists talked about their opposition to the TSA. The most interesting is Edward Hasbrouck's extensive description of the various ways they track travelers. The idea of freedom to travel is discussed.

TSA Agent Accidentally Pepper Sprays Coworkers

JessieLee — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 22:53:06 +0000

TSA agent picks up pepper spray thinking it's a laser pointer and sprays 5 other TSA agents, sending all 6 to the hospital.

Aaron Tobey wins case against the TSA

MuslimNonarchist — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 12:09:52 +0000

The TSA is a natural target for political demonstrations. Their invasive sexual molestation is unpopular with everyone, and their checkpoints come ready made with a captive audience. In 2010 Aaron Tobey was handcuffed and held for 90 minutes by the TSA at the Richmond Airport in Virginia after he stripped off his shirt to display the Fourth Amendment scrawled across his chest with a marker.

On Friday he won a civil rights lawsuit seeking $250,000 in damages against the TSA for being wrongfully detained on a disorderly conduct charge. And for that he is our Rebel of the Week.

TSA calls bomb specialist on wheelchair-bound 12-year-old girl

Rob just Rob — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 05:17:57 +0000

TSA detained a 12-year-old wheelchair-bound girl for nearly an hour at the DFW International Airport after they found explosive residue on her hands. TSA left the mortified girl in tears, but refused to let her mother get close enough to comfort her.

Wheelchair girl detained by TSA agents

pod99966 — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 02:29:17 +0000

12 year old Wheelchair bound girl detained by TSA agents

TSA Tightening Grip On Domestic Travel

digitalgloom — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 21:39:25 +0000

The application for funding from the TSA constitutes a preliminary step toward systematically expanding TSA's authority from airports to highways and almost every other means of public travel.