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Government Asks Court to Keep ID Arguments Secret
RobXiii writes " CNN has a story on privacy advocate John Gilmore (Co-founder of the EFF) taking the federal government to court, to stop the requirement of ID for in country flights. In an ironic twist, the U.S. Department of Justice is asking the court to keep its argument for the secret law secret. How are we supposed to follow a law when the law itself can't be disclosed?"
The law is not secret at all, you need to show ID before boarding a flight. What is so secret about this?
Why they require it is another thing, but they tell you when you try to board what the law is.
Hell, the PATRIOT Act didn't get read by the legislators responsible for passing it -- do you expect the *people* to do so?
You cannot use Fahrenheit 9/11 or the Da Vinci Code for primary source material. I see this too much.
All this concern over privacy and the invasion of by the state often makes me want puke or kill someone. I haven't decided which. Why is it an invasion of your privacy to show ID? More to the point HOW is this an invasion of privacy? If you don't have ID then you can't show it. The fellow's name was "Blank Reg". Interesting concept, remove all references to your very existance. But I digress. If you are so concerned about your privacy being invaded, please do the law abiding citizens a favor and stay at home, with doors locked and curtains closed. And when next you board an airplane with no ID and it crashes and kills all on board, your family will never know you're dead. It is after all your right to privacy of course.
P.S. Even the Ostrich occassionally has to pull his head out of the sand for air. P.P.S Please do us a favor and leave your head stuck right where it is, you're curing your own hemerrionds and perhaps you'll take yourself out of the gene pool.
Uh, YOU forgot the rest of the story, Dudley was fighting with his daughter and he refused to identify himself, not even a "Hi I'm dudley I want a lawyer". his daughter assaulted the police officer and he was standing at the driver's side of a vehicle on a major highway which to a reasonable observer(the officer) would indiate that he was the operator. dudley was a fool. and we are better off for that ruling which defines clearly what can and can't be asked for at a roadside.
Food not Bombs is a nice platitude but it breaks down when you notice that the Bombees are usually well fed
hmmm, is it just me, or is the Department of Justice starting to sound more like the "Minestry of Love" every day?...
Open the Door!
Ohh piss, Thought Police are here, and I haven't even submitted yet!!
WE ARE NOT A DEMOCRACY! Repeat after me - The United States of America is a Constitutional Republic based on private property and individual rights. The founders of our nation detested "Democracy" calling it a "tyranny of the majority."
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Excuse me GoodNicsTken - the site linked may sell books, but if you dig through the content, however crushing to your view of Mickey Mou... err Moore, it may be, you'll see that there is plenty of information in HTML documents for you to read, the book probably makes it easier for some "non-geeks" to get through it.
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