Vangelis wrote: | Bill Stewart wrote: | > I've heard that in less civilized parts of the world you're actually | > required to carry government-issued ID cards to walk down the street | > or fly on airplanes. | Umm.. tried to get on a flight without having ID lately? Doesn't work - | against policy. Anti-terrorism policy and all.. it's for your own | safety, of course. Yep. Sucseeded, twice. Once, having made jokes about smuggling cocaine. Given the poor state of FAA modelling of their threat, I'm not going to discuss the loopholes that I found, since the FAA will simply close them, without bothering to wonder about the security implications. I will note that you can't get on board with checked luggage, and also note that the rules are probably subject to a FOIA request. Adam -- "It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once." -Hume