Flying Faster Without ID

jjh37997 writes "A Homeland Security's privacy advisory committee member finds that flying without a photo ID is actually faster than traveling with proper identification. According to Wired the committee member, Jim Harper, accepted a bet from civil liberties rabble-rouser John Gilmore to test whether he could actually fly without showing identification. He found that traveling without ID allowed him to bypass the long security lines at San Francisco's International Airport, and get in faster than if he had provided his driver's license."

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Lie to the TSA?

[Anonymous Coward]

The TSA supervisor returned from her phone call and asked Harper why he didn't have identification and to where he was traveling. But she was satisfied enough with his answer -- that he had mailed his driver's license home to Washington D.C. -- that she allowed him to pass.

So, Harper basically lied to the TSA -- his driver's license was actually in the reporter's possession. Since he's with Homeland Security, does that mean that anyone can lie to the TSA? I guess it's fair play because the TSA tells much bigger lies.

Niiiicccee...

[x9003]

I bet the Indian family behind him wearing towels on their head was pretty mad when they got turned down with proper ID, and this dude comes up with a smile and a greeting, and gets let through the gates...because since he doesn't fit the profile he'll never try anything....Ha.

Re:So he diverted security resources...

[ocelotbob]

How about you shut the fuck up you freedom-hating unamerican asshole? How the fuck does volunteering yourself for a more thorough search affect the safety of anyone else on that flight in any way? They didn't just wave others through because he went through a different search. Everyone else was still searched just the same. People like you are why unconstitutional shit like the patriot act gets passed. Get the hell out of my country and move to someplace more suiting your values, like Iran or Saudi Arabia.