RE: Gilmore's Last Stand

So of course this is all over the Net now, and headlines are proclaiming that "flying without a photo-ID is actually faster than flying with proper identification," and Gilmore is looking like a crackpot.

Or is he?!!! Nah... I know this was an accident, though I can't help wondering if someone phoned the airport in advance. I've noticed that the reporter (who was taking notes) was questioned: Would someone merely writing normally get noticed by security? The silver lining here is that the TSA was forced to say that an ID isn't technically required, so that they have in theory relinquished the right to demand one. There have been worse mistakes. Of course, I have little doubts about how this really works in practice. -TD