April 3, 2009 3:02PM 

# TSA Intimidates Political Activist Traveler 

By [Jim Harper](https://www.cato.org/people/jim-harper) 

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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](http://www.redstate.com/blue_collar_muse/2009/04/03/more-government-abuse-of-citizens-by-tsa/) and [@JonHenke](http://twitter.com/JonHenke))

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[Defense and Foreign Policy](https://www.cato.org/defense-foreign-policy), [Constitutional Law](https://www.cato.org/constitutional-law), [Technology and Privacy](https://www.cato.org/technology-privacy), [Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies](https://www.cato.org/robert-levy-center-constitutional-studies) 

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