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Old May 8, 2009 | 8:04 am
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IslandBased
 
Join Date: Mar 2008
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Originally Posted by magellan315
Then why don't you enlighten as to why it is done. Having had problems with identity theft no one short of a LEO gets to look in my wallet.
In my experience (limited) if a LEO asks to see ID (DL) they will ask you to remove it and hand it to them if it is in a wallet. Does this apply at checkpoints?
In other words, what gives them any right to paw through a wallet?
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