Man Detained by TSA for Writing “Kip Hawley is an Idiot” on His Clear Plastic Carry-On Bag

Travel Blog  •  Michael Yessis  •  09.28.06 | 7:26 AM ET

Who is Kip Hawley? Just the director of the Transportation Security Administration. The alleged incident in Milwaukee, posted by a traveler on a flyertalk forum, has a lot of people pointing out that free speech doesn’t end at the security gate. Or at least it shouldn’t. If the flyertalk forum with the post is down—I got a database error this morning—check out Wonkette’s post that includes the original post.