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Federal Government Removes 7 Americans From No-Fly List
An anonymous reader writes: In response to a district judge ruling that declared the Department of Homeland Security's Traveler Redress Inquiry Program unconstitutional, the federal government has annouced its removal of seven Americans from its no-fly list (PDF). The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is representing a total of 13 people suing to get off that list, and the government has until January of this year to deal with remaining six in that group. "Federal agencies have nominated more than 1.5 million names to terrorist watch lists over the past five years alone. Yet being a terrorist isn't a condition of getting on a roster that, until now, has been virtually impossible to be removed from..." One of the seven removed from the list is Marine Corps veteran and dog trainer Ibraheim Mashal of Illinois. The others had similarly Middle-Eastern-sounding names.
You can't fly without ID because they won't let you through security without it.
Yes, they will.
You sir, are grossly mistaken.
Do you have any idea how many people get their wallet stolen while on vacation, or leave it in a cab on the way to the airport?
People fly without ID every. single. day. The TSA has a nice page on it, but even it uses weasel words like "may not be allowed."
http://www.tsa.gov/traveler-in...
They Q&A you with the same sort of questions you'd need to answer to verify an online credit check (did you live on Mulberry St?), they'll give you an anal probe (excuse me: "Enhanced Screening") and then you'll pass through security unless you can't answer questions about yourself.
So, if you can afford a background check on someone and memorize a few details, you can pretend to fly as them. WHEE!