Originally Posted by
pmocek
There is no such requirement, and there never has been. Passengers are not required to "show ID" at TSA airport checkpoints.
Originally Posted by
Centurion210
But as the show also said, that is about to change.
I watched a clip of the show that contained the experience of the young man who declined to show his papers. At the end, the narrator said, "a new law says that if you don't show ID, you may not be allowed to fly."
It's a terribly misleading piece of propaganda. First, there's no such law. Second, it has always been the case (and likely will always be the case) that if you don't show ID (or for that matter, if you do), you
may not be allowed to fly. Maybe you will; maybe you will not.
The TSA regulation that took effect in June of 2008 (
TSA announcement,
analysis by Daniel J. Solove) says that passengers who say their identification documents were misplaced or stolen will be required to participate in an interrogation before flying.