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    <title>Your papers please: TSA bans ID-less flight | Surveillance State - CNET News.com</title>
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    <published>2008-06-10T04:58:17-07:00</published>
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    <author>
      <name>Jay Daverth</name>
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    <summary type="html"><![CDATA[<p>Via <a href="http://www.boingboing.net/2008/06/09/tsa-outlaws-flights.html">BoingBoing</a>:</p>  <blockquote>   <p>Ever since TSA's creation after 9/11, passengers willing to undergo a <img height="346" src="http://www.thehindsightfactor.com/files/images/TSA.jpg" width="340" align="right" /> pat-down and hand-search have been able to fly without ID. This rarely discussed, and little used right was documented by the courts in Gilmore v. Gonzales. While mostly just a way to assert your rights, the technique often had the added benefit of allowing the traveler to <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-13739_3-9769089-46.html">skip to the front of the security line</a>. </p>    <p>With little warning, on Thursday, TSA <a href="http://www.tsa.gov/press/happenings/enhance_id_requirements.shtm">announced a new change in policy</a>. Passengers who refuse to show ID, citing the rights, will be refused entry to the boarding area. Passengers who claim to have lost or forgotten their ID <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-13739_3-9962760-46.html">will still be allowed to fly</a>.</p>    <p>This new rule seems to only apply to terrorists that are unable to lie, while at the same time, massively cutting into the rights of passengers.</p> </blockquote>  <p>Your TSA - Working to catch terrorists who are too stupid to hide explosives anywhere but their shoes.</p>    ]]></summary>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>Via <a href="http://www.boingboing.net/2008/06/09/tsa-outlaws-flights.html">BoingBoing</a>:</p>  <blockquote>   <p>Ever since TSA's creation after 9/11, passengers willing to undergo a <img height="346" src="http://www.thehindsightfactor.com/files/images/TSA.jpg" width="340" align="right" /> pat-down and hand-search have been able to fly without ID. This rarely discussed, and little used right was documented by the courts in Gilmore v. Gonzales. While mostly just a way to assert your rights, the technique often had the added benefit of allowing the traveler to <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-13739_3-9769089-46.html">skip to the front of the security line</a>. </p>    <p>With little warning, on Thursday, TSA <a href="http://www.tsa.gov/press/happenings/enhance_id_requirements.shtm">announced a new change in policy</a>. Passengers who refuse to show ID, citing the rights, will be refused entry to the boarding area. Passengers who claim to have lost or forgotten their ID <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-13739_3-9962760-46.html">will still be allowed to fly</a>.</p>    <p>This new rule seems to only apply to terrorists that are unable to lie, while at the same time, massively cutting into the rights of passengers.</p> </blockquote>  <p>Your TSA - Working to catch terrorists who are too stupid to hide explosives anywhere but their shoes.</p>    ]]></content>
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