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It's an elaborate ruse to condition Americans to the 4th amendment not being a real thing. The PATRIOT ACT which created the TSA was written by Joe Biden after the Oklahoma City bombing and passed after being reintroduced following 9/11 to end-run around the 4th amendment.


And conveniently, international airports "count" as "border zones" for the supposed "100-mile border zone" exception


Not quite. The bush administration exploited the 9/11 situation and did it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Patriot_Act


> The PATRIOT ACT which created the TSA was written by Joe Biden

Citation needed. I believe you are mistaken.


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> Biden has repeatedly claimed that a bill he wrote in 1994 was essentially the same as the 2001 Patriot Act.




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