I appreciate your concern, but no one has conspired against me. People have made up dumb procedures that make my life harder. It happens all the time and I deal with it. My concern is that I will deal with it wrongly and that the result will be unpleasant.

After a few times of experimenting with conforming to this lunacy, I will have developed a coping mechanism that will work in the majority of cases. Until then it may be touch and go.

I disagree with this process on several levels, most of which are more important than my disability. The constitutional issues along with my need to tell a government actor personal details about my travel that I may not wish to disclose are the most important.

Like many on this board, I work in a highly competitive industry. My clients are kept confidential as they would prefer that their competitors not know that I was needed to trouble-shoot their equipment. If I am required to state out loud that I am in X city to work for Y company, and the competitor is within earshot, it discloses a valuable small piece of information about the competitor.

Here is a made up example. Suppose that a person is well-known as a bank auditor that specializes in banks that have excessive bad loans. If he discloses in public where he will be working and it is overheard by a competitor or even a trader looking for inside info, it could damage both his client and his reputation.

This policy is a perfect example of a government agency developing a procedure without any idea of the practical effects of its implementation. They do not know about competitive business nor do they care. There are things that are confidential because they should be and need to be confidential. Not everyone is getting on a plane to vacation in Vegas or to visit Grandma.