Senator Rand Paul Detained By TSA
Senator Rand Paul from Kentucky on Monday found himself in confrontation with the Transportation Security Administration in Nashville, Tennessee, after refusing to undergo full-body pat down. Paul was later re-checked and booked for the next flight.

Senator passed through the scanner at the airport, but said there was some sort of "anomalies" with scanning and would have to get a full body pat down, the chief of staff Doug Paul Stafford told CBS News. Paul did not consent to it, and offered another scan, but insisted on the TSA pat down.

According to the Associated Press, Paul said that he was "detained" in a small cell at the airport, about an hour from its Bowling Green, Kentucky home, and missed his flight to Washington for a meeting of the Senate.

TSA controversial response that Paul was "detained". TSA told CBS News, that Paul was not arrested at any moment, even though it has caused anxiety during routine screening and refused to complete the selection process.

Passengers who refuse to carry out security procedures do not have access to a secure area of ​​the gate. In this case, Paul was escorted from the screening area local law enforcement agencies, according to TSA.

"When the irregularity is in the process of screening of TSA, it must be resolved before allowing passengers to proceed to the secure area of ​​the airport," TSA said in a statement CBS News. "Passengers who refuse to complete the process of examination can not be granted access to the protected area to ensure the safety of other journeys."

Father Paul, the Republican presidential candidate and Texas Congressman Ron Paul, quickly tweeted about the incident on Monday morning: "My son is being held @ Sen Rand Paul TSA for failing to stroke the whole body down after abnormalities in the body scanner in Nashville more waiting.."

Ron Paul has left a similar message on Facebook, and Rand Paul's communications director Moira Bagley also tweeted the news.

Around noon, the official told the TSA CBS News, that Rand Paul has been re-booked on another flight and re-screened without incident.

Both Rand Paul and Ron Paul is known for its libertarian position policy, and last year, Rand Paul blasted TSA for unnecessary falls pat.

In June 2011 hearing, Paul said TSA Administrator John Pistole ", I think you should get rid of random PAT-downs. The American public does not suit them, they are unhappy with invasiveness of them."

After it was reported that young children receive intensive, random PAT-fall, Paul said out loud: "It's just very simply shows that no one thinks ... We must do more police work and makes it less universal denial of our freedom to live our lives so as we would want to live our lives. "

He suggested that there should be no "opinions!" Program in which people who frequently travel and as we know, is not a threat, as well as congressmen, not to be found.

Monday afternoon, Ron Paul issued a statement condemning the dispute, saying that as president he would eliminate the TSA.

"The police state in this country is growing out of control," he said. "One of the most important manifestations of this is that the TSA gropes and grabs our children, our seniors and our friends and neighbors with disabilities. TSA does all this while doing nothing to keep us safe."

Iowa Caucus Results
With 92 percent of the votes counted from caucuses in Iowa Republican, two candidates from different wings of the party were locked in a near tie - a moderate former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney and conservative former Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania, each of them 24.7 per cent. Only 13 votes separated the two.

Network television was a libertarian-leaning design Rep. Ron Paul of Texas in third place with 21.1 percent. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is in fourth with 13.3 per cent. Texas Governor Rick Perry takes the fifth place with 10.3 percent. Rep. Michele Bachmann is the sixth with 5.1 percent.

If the close finish in the top two places is, it means that the Republican nomination race leaves Iowa with the air of indecision. This is followed by New Hampshire in general, on January 10, where Mr. Romney is expected to win easily. But his status as favorite son can not reduce the value of such a victory.

The third race, the South Carolina primary, January 21, can play a crucial role. This is the first contest in the south, and as such, are not in favor of Romney, a northerner. And some of the lower-level candidates from Iowa - like Governor Perry and Rep. Bachmann of Minnesota - announced they were skipping the New Hampshire and heading straight to South Carolina.

While the field is large and divided, which helps Romney. He is the only one of the candidates in the race with money and organization to last a long blow through the week primaries and caucuses. But if he can not build on its base of support, it would seem to be stuck in the mid 20's, which raises serious questions about how he gets the nomination.

Mr. Santorum, by contrast, has a terrific time. Just a month ago, he was polling less than 5 percent of Iowa Republicans. But one after another, like other conservatives stood up and were shot down by missteps and intense focus on his record, Santorum seems to be timed his surge very well. The question for him whether he could raise money and build an organization fast enough to run a national campaign.

Meanwhile, Romney made it clear that he does push in South Carolina, before the New Hampshire vote. Later this week, he heads to Charleston and Myrtle Beach, for campaign events.