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airport security | editorial

Rand Paul sounds an alarm

    January 26, 2012

Plenty of frequent flyers will empathize with Kentucky Senator Rand Paul, who was stopped at a security checkpoint at Nashville’s airport Monday after the routine scanning process identified an “hot spot’’ on his knee. In some ways, Paul did a service for others, most of whom just put up with airline security roadblocks. Still, his small act of civil disobedience also pointed up the tough choices facing the TSA.

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