{Nashville, Tennessee}...Kentucky Senator Rand Paul, a frequent critic of the Transportation Security Administration, was stopped by security at the Nashville International Airport Monday when a scanner set off an alarm, and Paul declined to allow a security officer to pat him down. Police escorted Paul away from the screening area but later allowed him to board a flight after it was determined the security scanner identified an issue with the senator's knee, and he was rescreened. Paul says he has no screws or medical hardware around the joint. In a November Senate hearing, Paul asked TSA Administrator John Pistole to change the policy so that adults could go through the machines a second time when an alarm is triggered on the first attempt. The White House said airport security acted appropriately.
