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  • Friday, October 26, 2007 09:48 AM

    For your next column

    Patrick,

    You mentioned the rules being promulgated for international flights. It gets better. TSA is proposing rules that would screen domestic flights as well. They're supposed to go into effect in February. It's really scary stuff, if you read this article.

    http://hasbrouck.org/blog/archives/001286.html

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