Posted on 06/15/2008 4:33:59 AM PDT by billorites
Beginning Saturday, June 21, 2008 passengers that willfully refuse to provide identification at security checkpoint will be denied access to the secure area of airports. This change will apply exclusively to individuals that simply refuse to provide any identification or assist transportation security officers in ascertaining their identity.
This new procedure will not affect passengers that may have misplaced, lost or otherwise do not have ID but are cooperative with officers. Cooperative passengers without ID may be subjected to additional screening protocols, including enhanced physical screening, enhanced carry-on and/or checked baggage screening, interviews with behavior detection or law enforcement officers and other measures.
Under the law that created TSA, the Aviation and Transportation Security Act, the TSA administrator is responsible for overseeing aviation security (P.L. 107-71) and has the authority to establish security procedures at airports (49 C.F.R. § 1540.107). Passengers that fail to comply with security procedures may be prohibited from entering the secure area of airports to catch their flight (49 C.F.R. § 1540.105(a)(2).
This initiative is the latest in a series designed to facilitate travel for legitimate passengers while enhancing the agency's risk-based focus - on people, not things. Positively identifying passengers is an important tool in our multi-layered approach to security and one that we have significantly bolstered during the past 18 months.
Good grief, give it a rest, you keep posting...go back to my original post #2 - I even included a 'snicker' graphic to emphasize 'humor' -
Smile. You'll feel better -
Wow, what a pants load. My American-born husband had to go through all the hassle of getting a copy of his birth certificate just to change his ID from NC to GA...he still had his valid NC ID but that alone wasn’t good enough anymore.
....but you can still vote without identifying yourself in most places.
You always run the risk that you’ll get the full Gestapo treatment, but dammit all, you don’t have to be treated like second class citizens either. Especially real citizens! Kudos to you.
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