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Damaged US Passport Chip Strands Travelers
caseih writes "Damaging the embedded chip in your passport is now grounds for denying you the ability to travel in at least one airport in the U.S. Though the airport can slide the passport through the little number reader as easily as they can wave it in front of an RFID reader, they chose to deny a young child access to the flight, in essence denying the whole family. The child had accidentally sat on his passport, creasing the cover, and the passport appeared worn. The claim has been made that breaking the chip in the passport shows that you disrespect the privilege of owning a passport, and that the airport was justified in denying this child from using the passport."
If we just say "those fuckers," while leaving the antecedent deliberately ambiguous, we're good. Think of it like lazy evaluation of variables.
-- IANAL, this isn't legal advice, and definitely isn't legal advice for you. Also, Squee!
Don't blame me! I voted for Kodos!
"He's lost in a 'floyd hole"
Au contraire, it IS something you're entitled to by your citizenship. You don't get an American passport if you're, say, Russian, or vice versa.
Of course, if you're MOSSAD, you can get a US passport, a Canadian passport, or pretty much any sort of passport ...
When I was 12, I went to the Post Office to pick up a money order that was in my name. All I had on me for ID was my French Passport (not being a US citizen at the time). The lady said she couldn't take a foreign passport as proof of ID, and asked me to provide my driver's license.
I mentally facepalmed, and informed her I was 12, and unlikely to have a driver's license anytime in the near future.
Most people with a modicum of authority are idiots.