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Flying Faster Without ID

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the i-feel-so-safe dept.

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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  1. Re:Lucky Him by Tweekster · · Score: 0, Redundant

    er plane. damn me for trying to reply to quick

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  2. Re:Lucky Him by Tweekster · · Score: 0, Redundant

    The entire US.

    Have you even been to the airport lately or are you just assuming that people of middle eastern descent are being picked on.

    Let's see, if you were a security guard, would you choose to profile middle easterners, get sued, and lose everything, or just pick random white people so that no one can claim racism...

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  3. Re:Lucky Him by Tet · · Score: 0, Redundant
    Crap. Most of the terrorists I've had to worry about during my life have been Irish Catholics.

    Indeed. In fact, of the three terrorist incidents of which I've had personal experience, two have been perpetrated by Irish Catholics, mostly funded by the USA. The third was just a lunatic. No arabs were involved that I'm aware of -- other than as casualties.

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