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."

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The real enemy

[evilviper]

Don't be so cynical. It's that our government is so idiotic that they don't know terrorists and criminals can and will lie. It's that they're protecting us from a much more serious threat... Those damn smelly hippies that refuse to go along with the pack and surrender all of their rights when asked in a confident voice by an authority figure.

It's just a good thing terrorists don't know how to pretend to be authority figures...