Mises Daily
Author:
Robert P. Murphy
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The national furor over the TSA’s new procedures — culminating in yesterday’s “ Opt Out Day “ — has elicited the typical response from the bureaucracy and its apologists. Why, these invasive scans and “enhanced pat-downs” are only for your good, in order to ensure safe flying. You don’t want another attack, do you? This is a false tradeoff.