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Old Feb 13, 2009 | 7:32 pm
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Loren Pechtel
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Originally Posted by OrlandoFlyer
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/fligh...boarding_N.htm

More wasted tax payers money by the TSA. Why bother to forge a boarding pass when it is so easy to get one by buying an airline ticket.
Because you can book your ticket under a false name and avoid the no-fly list. Your ID is only checked against your boarding pass, not your ticket.
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