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Title: TSA Alert: Rutherford Institute Defends Female Protester Arrested for Attempting to Pass Through Airport Security Scanner in Underwear
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The Rutherford Institute
URL Source: http://www.rutherford.org/articles_ ... ess_release.asp?article_id=934
Published: Jul 6, 2011
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Post Date: 2011-07-06 14:36:32 by Eric Stratton
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TSA Alert: Rutherford Institute Defends Female Protester Arrested for Attempting to Pass Through Airport Security Scanner in Underwear RALEIGH-DURHAM, N.C. — The Rutherford Institute has come to the defense of a North Carolina woman who was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct after she stripped down to her underwear at a Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) checkpoint to protest the Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) whole body imaging scanners. Police arrested and charged Siobhán Cooke with disorderly conduct as a result of her act of protest at RDU on June 2, 2011. Attorneys for The Rutherford Institute will represent Cooke at her August 24 court appearance. "The First Amendment not only assures citizens of the right to express themselves but also to voice their disagreement with the government," said John W. Whitehead, president of The Rutherford Institute. "To classify Siobhán Cooke's singular act of protest as criminal disorderly conduct is to reject everything the First Amendment stands for and the long history of jurisprudence that goes along with it. TSA agents and police should have known better." On June 2, 2011, Siobhán Cooke arrived at Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) with her mother and a companion to board a flight to Portland, Ore., as part of a celebration of her mother's 70th birthday. Upon approaching the RDU security checkpoint, Cooke observed that TSA agents were directing passengers to whole body imaging scanners. Unwilling to be subjected to a virtual strip search by government agents and determined to protest the use of the scanners, which Cooke believes is a violation of her Fourth Amendment rights, Cooke proceeded to strip down to her underwear. Placing her t-shirt and jeans on a conveyer belt for scanning along with the baggage she was carrying, Cooke then approached the TSA agent wearing only a bra and panties, and voiced her desire to opt out of the scanner. Cooke also added that it should be clear that she posed no threat because there was nowhere for her to hide anything. A TSA supervisor was then called, who allegedly asked Cooke if she was crazy and told another agent to gather Cooke's clothes from the conveyer and return them to Cooke. Cooke, who by then had put her outer clothes back on, explained that she objected to the invasive searches employed by the TSA. After informing Cooke that her actions were distracting, the TSA supervisor called local police to the scene and took Cooke to a small room near the checkpoint. When a police officer arrived, he questioned Cooke in the room for several minutes and then issued her a citation for violating a North Carolina statute prohibiting disorderly conduct. The Rutherford Institute is presently litigating a number of cases challenging the constitutionality of enhanced TSA security measures. In 2010, Institute attorneys filed lawsuits asserting that the TSA's policy of using whole body imaging scanners and/or enhanced patdowns of passengers violates the Fourth Amendment rights of airline pilots and passengers. In March 2011, Institute attorneys filed a civil rights lawsuit on behalf of a Virginia college student who was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct after he appeared at an airport security checkpoint in his running shorts with the text of the Fourth Amendment written on his chest. He was eventually exonerated.
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#1. To: Eric Stratton (#0)
I'd wear a kilt with nothing underneath and choose the best-looking female groper so she could feel up my unit.
"THRUSH believes in the two-party system: the masters and the slaves." -- Napoleon Solo, "The Man From U.N.C.L.E."
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The relationship between morality and liberty is a directly proportional one. "Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters." ~ Ben Franklin "For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth, to know the worst, and to provide for it.” ~ Patrick Henry
Face it, the TSA is a make work project for the minorities. I'm glad I do not fly.
"When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one." Edmund Burke
How is it that the federal government even has a disorderly conduct law on the books? Shouldn't this be a state or local law?
I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it. - Benjamin Franklin
__________________________________________________________ Where's the damn pics/video?????????????
She displayed a lot less than the faggots do in their queer parades. The irony is rich.
__________________________________________________________ Yep you are right. It was right there - as plain as the nose on my face. I'm not sure how I missed it. I guess I was reading too quickly. Thank you for pointing it out to me.
I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it. - Benjamin Franklin
I'm not positive, but this is an image of a Siobhan Cooke who resides in NC, the only one I could find on the net... I did want to see her monkey, but that's not exactly what I had in mind.
Oh, so you wanted a bra shot eh? Is this better? You're getting warmer.
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The relationship between morality and liberty is a directly proportional one. "Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters." ~ Ben Franklin "For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth, to know the worst, and to provide for it.” ~ Patrick Henry
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The relationship between morality and liberty is a directly proportional one. "Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters." ~ Ben Franklin "For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth, to know the worst, and to provide for it.” ~ Patrick Henry
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The relationship between morality and liberty is a directly proportional one. "Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters." ~ Ben Franklin "For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth, to know the worst, and to provide for it.” ~ Patrick Henry
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The relationship between morality and liberty is a directly proportional one. "Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters." ~ Ben Franklin "For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth, to know the worst, and to provide for it.” ~ Patrick Henry
From her bio she's an anthropologist, so those are either her research subjects, or simply her pals...
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The relationship between morality and liberty is a directly proportional one. "Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters." ~ Ben Franklin "For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth, to know the worst, and to provide for it.” ~ Patrick Henry
That's the truth. I used to work with the queers in Chicago in the florist business. They never got tired of it.
"When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one." Edmund Burke
Yeah, that would figure. LMAO!
"When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one." Edmund Burke
She's a hottie. I wouldn't kick her out of the sack. ;)
"When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one." Edmund Burke
Please give me a link to the MONKEY business.
Somewhere in Kenya, a village is still missing its idiot.
Sorry, no links. Just personal memories.
"When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one." Edmund Burke
Why doesn't this thread have any pic of the offense yet?
Somewhere in Kenya, a village is still missing its idiot.
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The relationship between morality and liberty is a directly proportional one. "Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters." ~ Ben Franklin "For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth, to know the worst, and to provide for it.” ~ Patrick Henry
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The relationship between morality and liberty is a directly proportional one. "Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters." ~ Ben Franklin "For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth, to know the worst, and to provide for it.” ~ Patrick Henry
http://nycep.webfactional.com/media/upload/page_74/photo- 1285515885.28.jpg
#2. To: Turtle (#1)
#3. To: Eric Stratton (#0)
(Edited)
TSA Alert
#4. To: Eric Stratton (#0)
#5. To: F.A. Hayek Fan (#4)
When a police officer arrived, he questioned Cooke in the room for several minutes and then issued her a citation for violating a North Carolina statute prohibiting disorderly conduct.
"This man is Jesus,” shouted one man, spilling his Guinness as Barack Obama began his inaugural address. “When will he come to Kenya to save us?"
-Schweizerische Schuetzenzeitung (Swiss Shooting Federation) April, 1941
#6. To: Eric Stratton (#0)
Cooke proceeded to strip down to her underwear. Placing her t-shirt and jeans on a conveyer belt for scanning along with the baggage she was carrying, Cooke then approached the TSA agent wearing only a bra and panties, and voiced her desire to opt out of the scanner.
Mike Flaherty: Yeah, it's been there a long time. I wish I knew which corner.
My Man Godfrey (1936 2011)
#7. To: Eric Stratton (#0)
"This man is Jesus,” shouted one man, spilling his Guinness as Barack Obama began his inaugural address. “When will he come to Kenya to save us?"
-Schweizerische Schuetzenzeitung (Swiss Shooting Federation) April, 1941
#8. To: X-15 (#5)
When a police officer arrived, he questioned Cooke in the room for several minutes and then issued her a citation for violating a North Carolina statute prohibiting disorderly conduct.
#9. To: Esso (#6)
Where's the damn pics/video?????????????
"The real deal is this: the ‘royalty’ controlling the court, the ones with the power, the ones with the ability to make a difference, with the ability to change our course, the ones who will live in infamy if we pass the tipping points, are the captains of industry, CEOs in fossil fuel companies such as EXXON/Mobil, automobile manufacturers, utilities, all of the leaders who have placed short-term profit above the fate of the planet and the well-being of our children." - James Hansen
#10. To: FormerLurker (#9)
Mike Flaherty: Yeah, it's been there a long time. I wish I knew which corner.
My Man Godfrey (1936 2011)
#11. To: Esso (#10)
I did want to see her monkey, but that's not exactly what I had in mind.
"The real deal is this: the ‘royalty’ controlling the court, the ones with the power, the ones with the ability to make a difference, with the ability to change our course, the ones who will live in infamy if we pass the tipping points, are the captains of industry, CEOs in fossil fuel companies such as EXXON/Mobil, automobile manufacturers, utilities, all of the leaders who have placed short-term profit above the fate of the planet and the well-being of our children." - James Hansen
#12. To: FormerLurker (#11)
Mike Flaherty: Yeah, it's been there a long time. I wish I knew which corner.
My Man Godfrey (1936 2011)
#13. To: F.A. Hayek Fan (#4)
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#14. To: BTP Holdings (#3)
#15. To: Esso (#6)
#16. To: FormerLurker (#9)
#17. To: Eric Stratton (#16)
"The real deal is this: the ‘royalty’ controlling the court, the ones with the power, the ones with the ability to make a difference, with the ability to change our course, the ones who will live in infamy if we pass the tipping points, are the captains of industry, CEOs in fossil fuel companies such as EXXON/Mobil, automobile manufacturers, utilities, all of the leaders who have placed short-term profit above the fate of the planet and the well-being of our children." - James Hansen
#18. To: FormerLurker (#17)
#19. To: X-15 (#7)
She displayed a lot less than the faggots do in their queer parades. The irony is rich.
#20. To: FormerLurker (#17)
or simply her pals...
#21. To: FormerLurker (#9)
I'm not positive, but this is an image of a Siobhan Cooke who resides in NC, the only one I could find on the net...
#22. To: BTP Holdings, 4 (#19)
#23. To: Lod (#22)
Please give me a link to the MONKEY business.
#24. To: Eric Stratton (#0)
#25. To: titorite, 4 (#24)
here's a link to one -
#26. To: Lod, titorite, all (#25)
They didn't show her feet, so I found some extra feet kickin around
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#27. To: titorite (#24)
#28. To: wudidiz (#26)
#29. To: Lod (#22)
Please give me a link to the MONKEY business.
Mike Flaherty: Yeah, it's been there a long time. I wish I knew which corner.
My Man Godfrey (1936 2011)
#30. To: Lod (#22)
Please give me a link to the MONKEY business.
Mike Flaherty: Yeah, it's been there a long time. I wish I knew which corner.
My Man Godfrey (1936 2011)
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