Re: Truly Disturbing TSA Recording

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Mark Blacknell <mb () blacknell net>
Date: April 3, 2009 10:20:37 AM EDT
To: David Farber <dave () farber net>, <karl () cavebear com>
Subject: Re: [IP] Re:   Truly Disturbing TSA Recording

On 4/3/09 9:59 AM, "David Farber" <dave () farber net> wrote:

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>
> From: Karl Auerbach <karl () cavebear com>
> Date: April 2, 2009 6:45:15 PM EDT
> To: dave () farber net
> Cc: ip <ip () v2 listbox com>
> Subject: Re: [IP] Truly Disturbing TSA Recording
>
> David Farber wrote:
>
> > "*Man detained and harassed at airport for carrying CASH!"*
>
> Well, there's probably more to this than we are hearing.  But I was
> somewhat annoyed by the TSA folks' unwillingness to say yes or now
> whether the person was free to go (although by context it was pretty
> clear that he was under effective arrest.)

No, what's presented there is pretty much what happened.  I know Steve
Bierfeldt (I got to know him when he was managing a local congressional
campaign that I was writing about).  I'll bet that when just about  
anyone
meets him, they're struck by two things: 1) his overt devotion to  
asserting
his Constitutional rights (in VA, this is usually noted through the  
gun he
wears in an open-carry manner) and 2) his almost preternatural  
politeness.
I think both of those were on perfect display in that recording.   
They're
also something that - in combination - really annoys those law  
enforcement
officers who have come to believe that they have some inherent authority
over the public that should never be questioned.   There is an enormous
chasm between my politics and Steve's, but I think he did us all a favor
here, in effectively standing up to an abuse of TSA discretion.  Would  
that
more of us could do that.

Mark

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