John Brennan says he did not go to the Portland International Airport intending to get naked . However after feeling harassed by Transportation Security Administration screeners on Tuesday , the 50-year-old man stripped all his clothes off in a protest that got him even more attention from airport screeners , national headlines and a stint in jail . `` I just took off my clothes and said 'See , I do n't have any explosives , ' '' Brennan said . `` The individuals at TSA are just doing their job and the whole organization needs to find a balance between safety and privacy . They use fear and intimidation and it 's got to stop somewhere . '' The TSA had a different take on the incident . `` TSA partners with the traveling public to screen all passengers safely and efficiently . When a passenger chooses to be purposefully disruptive , we notify law enforcement , '' the organization said in a statement . Brennan said he lives in Portland and was traveling to San Jose , California , for business . After he went through the metal detector and was patted down , a screener told him he tested positive for explosives , Brennan said . Brennan said he felt `` humiliated , '' and that is when he decided to take all his clothes off . Brennan is no stranger to a naked protest as he has participated in a nude bike ride before in Portland . `` I am aware that 's a tool I can use for free speech , '' said Brennan . `` I know that as an Oregonian and as a citizen , one of my ways of expressing myself is being naked . It gets people 's attention . '' Brennan got a lot of attention by standing in his birthday suit near the security area where people were retrieving their shoes and putting their belts back on . `` Mr. Brennan 's actions caused two screening lanes to be closed and while some passengers covered their eyes and their children 's eyes and moved away from the screening area , others stepped out of the screening lanes to look , laugh and take photos of Mr. Brennan , '' a police report said . TSA officials called police officers , and Brennan was handcuffed . He was walked back to a holding room as officers tried to drape a blanket on him . Brennan was later taken to a county jail . He faces charges of disorderly conduct and indecent exposure .
The man is charged with disorderly conduct and indecent exposure . Brennan says he was naked as ` ` a form of protest '' ` ` As a man , one of my ways of expressing myself is being naked , '' Brennan says .