Originally Posted by
ND Sol
A discussion was underway in the
Practical Travel Safety Issues about the C.F.R. authority for TSA to require an ID by passengers to proceed through the screening checkpoint. TSORon is now of the opinion that we should no longer have that discussion there:
So here we are per his request. To provide some background, here are the salient parts of those posts:
TSORon, "I look forward to" your reply.
The purpose of presenting ID as defined by the document that TSORon trotted out is for Watch List Matching. The TSA TDC does no Watch List Matching so it is clear that there is no regulation to show the TSA screener any identity documents.
Don't expect TSORon to rush a response, when shown to be wrong he fades into the shadows.