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He didn't demand surrender, just presentation. There is a large difference.

Yes. The threshold between the two is crossed when the license leaves my hand. Last time I checked, we aren't even required to own an ID, so how can it be an arrestable offense not to show one?

For that matter (did you watch the video?) the cop just wanted his name, which the man was beligerant about giving.

What video were you watching? The officer said either "identification" or "ID" thirteen times by my count, and the word "name" a total of zero times. Besides which, the very first time the officer asked for ID, the suspect stated he didn't have any on him. Finally, whether he was belligerant is debatable. To me, it seems he did nothing more than demand the officer justify his order. I concede he was probably taunting the officer, daring him to arrest him; definitely not the route I'd take. But that alone doesn't give the officer grounds to arrest him.

A cop asking for your ID is not asking you to surrender it.

If the ID leaves my hand, I am surrendering it. There is no guarantee I'll get it back.

I've been asked for my ID on 3 ocassions, and in all cases I choose to give it, and in all occasions it was returned to me in less than 3 minutes.

First, I'm happy things worked out for you in your personal experience. Next, though, I must point out that you yourself used the word "choose" (I think you meant "chose," but it all comes out the same). If I choose not to hand over my ID, I should have that right.

You do, by the way, have to tell the police who you are.

I don't think so. Fortunately for us, that's the exact issue the Supreme Court is going to settle for us. From the Petition for Writ of Certiorari (PDF):

QUESTION PRESENTED

Do the Fourth and Fifth Amendments to the United States constitution bar the state from compelling people to identify themselves during a police investigation when someone has been seized upon less than probable cause?

I, for one, anxiously await the Court's decision.

Obviously there are a couple of layers of problem here. One is that JetBlue made a promise to protect privacy, and broke that promise by sending data to a 3rd party. Another is that the TSA appears to *encourage* this kind of abuse, rather than expressing outrage that a carrier would take advantage of their customer relationships in such a manner.

But I looked at the presentation last week when this story broke (sorry it's a PDF...). To me, the biggest problem is that on Page 20, you have a whole group of individuals identified by SSN and DOB. If I were one of those people, I would be pretty upset- not just at JetBlue, but also at the careless spreadsheet jockey who posted this to the web in the first place.

This guy sounds like he's interested in doing something about it.