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TSA Bans Flight If You Refuse To Show ID

Posted by kdawson on from the john-gilmore-loophole dept.

mytrip notes a CNet blog entry on the recent TSA rule change banning flight to anyone who refuses to produce ID. It's OK if you claim to have lost or forgotten your ID — you undergo a pat-down and hand search of your carry-on bag and you're on your way. The new rule goes into effect June 21. "The change of rules seems to be a pretty obvious case of security theater. Real terrorists do not refuse to show ID. They claim to have lost their ID, or they use a fake. TSA's new rules only protect us from a non-existent breed of terrorists who are unable to lie."

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  1. This is terrible news by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Good thing rising fuel costs will bankrupt the airline industry in a year or two.

  2. Meanwhile at the customs... by brunokummel · · Score: 5, Funny

    Imigration Officer: What's your name, sir?
    Passenger: Batman...
    Imigration Officer: Come again? Your last name, sir?
    Passenger: Suparman ...
    Imigration Officer: Funny guy ahn? Take him down, boys...

    While the other officers beat the crap out of the poor fella, the Imigration officer checks his passport out

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  3. Re:Yeah, about fake IDs by Idiomatick · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yes but even if the magic elves DID exist the policy would do nothing.

  4. Terrorist elves are real!! by Reziac · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm reminded of a story that came over the wires of United Press International, on September 10, 1980 (the teletype printed it during my shift while I was DJing, so I saw it with my own eyes):

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    Police in Laurel, Mississippi report receiving a call from a woman who told them she had been attacked by a band of elves. Investigating officers were dubious to begin with and the woman didn't help her credibility by pointing to a blank wall whenever she was talking about the window the alleged elves came through.

    When one of the officers pointed out that there was no window where the woman kept pointing, she reportedly told them the elves had taken it with them.
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    It appears the TSA believes that if we just get rid of all those windows, no more elves, er, I mean terrorists will come through them!!

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  5. Re:Real terrorists by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Real terrorists don't have fake IDs. They have real IDs. For some reason though, their IDs do not say "terrorist" clearly on the front. Probably an oversight.

  6. Re:Conservative Fascism by Tophe · · Score: 5, Funny

    They're not called warrantless wiretaps - it's called Freedon Listening now. :D

  7. Re:Yeah, about fake IDs by Alsee · · Score: 4, Funny

    Just out of curiosity, are these male or female magical elves?

    Female elves are sexy.

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  8. Re:Yeah, about fake IDs by andruk · · Score: 3, Funny

    Well, I was originally gonna' call them Beaner Rodriguez and Derka-derka Mohammad, but I figured I might offend a few people.

    That said, I didn't want my point to be lost in the cries of "your just prejudice and insensitive".

  9. Re:Yeah, about fake IDs by Foobar+of+Borg · · Score: 3, Funny

    Overreaction is what governments do best!
    But governments need to overreact! If you don't think of the children, the terrorists have won!
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