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Man faces charges for defying TSA agents

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Posted by Steve White 2011-01-17 15:16|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 it's already been established in the supreme court if a cop ask for ID thenyou have too show it. Sounds like he will be going down on these charges.Don't fly if you don't wanna go throught the rigamarole of dealing with the TSA.

Posted by chris 2011-01-17 16:39|| 2011-01-17 16:39|| Front Page Top

#2 Or fly chartered flights from smaller airports - they are not subjected to the TSSA's grope check in most cases.

Posted by Shieldwolf 2011-01-17 18:09|| 2011-01-17 18:09|| Front Page Top

#3 The whole TSA exercise is frustrating and pretty pointless, but I really don't have anything bad to say about the individuals in it I personally have had contact with. And you have to have some sympathy for them on the whole groping thing - just imagine YOUR job required you to do that to the person squeezed into the seat next to you (and overflowing into yours)!

Posted by Glenmore 2011-01-17 19:06|| 2011-01-17 19:06|| Front Page Top

#4 This guy claims that the Constitution guarantees him the right to travel without showing id. I am neither a constitutional scholar nor a lawyer, but I think he is wrong on several counts:
1) If you walk where you go, you don't have to show ID. (Unless a police officer asks for ID.)
2) I haven't read the whole Constitution lately, but I don't remember anything about traveling without ID.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2011-01-17 19:56|| 2011-01-17 19:56|| Front Page Top

#5 Actually, I doubt the constitution has anything whatsoever to say on the subject of ID at all, pro or con.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2011-01-17 20:15|| 2011-01-17 20:15|| Front Page Top

#6 Picked the wrong place to play this out. Albuquerque usually has a number of unscheduled commercial landings because some fool decides to do something stupid on a transcontinental flight. I'm sure the court and prosecution are pretty much versed in the particulars covering air transportation.

Posted by Procopius2k 2011-01-17 21:05|| 2011-01-17 21:05|| Front Page Top

#7 A Seattle man

Ha! A ~~man~~nursery school derelict that somehow got through passed through an elementary, middle and high school thinking ID is optional. Shudder.

Posted by Fire and Ice 2011-01-17 21:14|| 2011-01-17 21:14|| Front Page Top

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