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TSA Intimidates Political Activist Traveler

Posted By Jim Harper On April 3, 2009 @ 3:02 pm In Foreign Policy and National Security,Law and Civil Liberties,Telecom, Internet & Information Policy | Comments Disabled

Thanks to ever-improving technology, we have a record of what can happen when Americans try to assert their rights against government officials.

The video is a bit ponderous, but when they play the tape of TSA agents interrogating a young political activist who wishes to exercise his right to remain silent, it’s riveting and offensive.

(HT RedState ^[1] and @JonHenke ^[2])

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[1] RedState: http://www.redstate.com/blue_collar_muse/2009/04/03/more-government-abuse-of-citizens-by-tsa/

[2] @JonHenke: http://twitter.com/JonHenke

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