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TSA Bans Flight If You Refuse To Show ID
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."
Flamebait huh?
Well, at least *now* we know there are some sympathizers on Slashdot. In-fucking-defensible! I've seen it all...
Life is not for the lazy.
Why do airline-security-related articles on /. always attract the racist chest-puffing macho buffoons, anyway..?
Because it's warranted, and I enjoy it. You gotta fucking problem with that AC bitch?!
Someday you'll find yourself looking down the business end of a real live gun, and I'll be standing off to the side laughing as you shit your pants!
FYI, I've been shot at a few times by someone high on PCP (they missed thank God). Not fun. But at least I can walk the walk.
Life is not for the lazy.
I'm going to take the mod down "flame bait" as someone having taken that the wrong way...
actually I am happy to see you, however that is in fact a banana in my pocket.
This creates a security hole similar to the "carnival booth" method. The real terrorist would just show some ID, real or not, and proceed carrying his ceramic knives into the protected area. The ID should not be used as a proof of safety of the passenger; it's meaningless, and the whole thread is exactly about that.