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Old Apr 3, 2012 | 7:11 am
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Originally Posted by bluenotesro
Scanners are a waste of money. If I wanted, I could get any ID I wanted, from a DL to a passport, and it would pass the system. Just takes a little extra money and making the 'right' friends.
Headline on the radio news this morning: "Something else for TSA to worry about", followed by a short story about fake IDs from China that are "so good" that one can't tell them from the real thing.

Sounds like a planted TSA propaganda story, but who knows.
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