[QUOTE=peachfront;12833988]This is extremely disturbing to me also. If Phil wanted to do a test case of the system, he should not have involved a friend and screwed up his life and future as well. People don't always win test cases. You are judged by your associations. This other person may experience a lot of problems in the future because Phil blabbed that they were traveling together. Did the friend know that Phil was going to be making this test? In that case, I guess it's the friend's free decision to associate with this hassle.

The account we read, at least the one I just read in the first link, is from Phil's own page, so of course we're getting only one side of the story.

If you are a TSA or LEO, and you see someone creating a disturbance, from their point of view, you have to wonder why the disturbance/distraction is being created, and of course you are going to inspect any known associates or companions. It might seem unfair to us, but it probably seems like common sense law enforcement to them.

I believe that people need to be able to travel without ID, because IDs get lost and stolen all the time, and there isn't much alternative, but there's a big difference between having a lost ID and arranging to get there in plenty of time to request extra screening -- and just refusing to show ID and then pulling out a camera and creating something of a scene. Try it one way, and you can quietly continue to travel without ID if need be in an emergency. Start creating a scene and you may create resistance where you wouldn't have previously met any, causing not only you but many other people in future to be inconvenienced.




[QUOTE=Trollkiller;12826447]What concerns me is his partner that by the account I read was not doing ANYTHING, was seized by the police, and removed from public property for knowing Phil.

PeachFUR, you are assuming alot & we all know what happens to those that assume. Your statements are not statements of FACT and just assumptions or guess work. When you discover ALL the FACTS please advise us at that point.