National Security State has different standards for 'them' and 'us'

I was distracted a bit but I believe I heard on NPR news this morning that Colorado Guv. Roy Roemer showed up at an airport sans id and had a moment of difficulty getting on his flight. Roemer solved the problem by showing the Federal Permission-To-Fly checker a picture of himself in a recent newspaper. I thought the ill-defined (or ill-described) rules required presentation of a _government_ picture I.D. Since when is a newspaper photo a government picture I.D.? Some animals are more equal than others. bd