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Alaska Bill Would Criminalize TSA Screening Procedures
- mdaniel 15y ago"Can you imagine George Washington or Thomas Jefferson going to the airport and saying, `Go ahead and stick your hand down my pants. I need to get where I'm going'?" Ivory contends that Americans are slowly being conditioned to "just submit" to the feds. "Our liberties are being conditioned away," he told the Deseret News. I have mixed feelings about that lead-in argument. I agree with it in the sense that I am painfully aware of the erosion of liberties and rights. I donate heavily to the ACLU and EFF for that exact reason. On the other hand, the hypothetical George Washington and Thomas Jefferson quoted are just about right. How early, exactly, should I leave for my flight in order to stand up for my rights and still get where I need to go? Even an Alaskan Representative was barred from her flight. And I, lowly non-lobbyist-wielding citizen, stand what chance?