Yeah, well in that case, the meaning of "is" was not "is"; it was "is or was". It was a poorly-worded question. Clarification was needed. When someone's freedom is at stake, guessing is not a smart thing to do.

As for your policies and your seeming inability to clearly communicate them to us: If your employer would simply publish the rules passengers are required to follow in order to be allowed to pass your barricade and go on about their business, none of this be necessary.

Exactly what? If you mean "free to go on about your business" or "allowed to pass my podium", then why don't you just say so? When you're telling us how to avoid having our liberties restricted, please cut the folksy crap and just tell us specifically what the rules are.

So why did you earlier imply that the passenger must present identity credentials with some particular information on them? Your response was misleading. And why would the OP care which security guard does what?

Mrcav, in that situation, you shouldn't have any problems with TSA. You're not required to show ID in the first place, and a damaged ID is no worse than the lack of any ID. But TSA staff are frequently unfamiliar with their own policies, and TSA would prefer to have people think that showing ID is mandatory, so it's likely that you will experience some trouble. You'd best leave yourself extra time and be ready to deal with some ignorance and power-tripping.

TSO1973, do you disagree?