Originally Posted by
Boggie Dog
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.
I understand the theory of TDC ID matching, and the theory itself is sound, even though in actual practice it's got more holes than a golf course carpeted in swiss cheese after an artillery barrage, but here goes anyway:
In
theory, any person who makes an air reservation has his or her name run against the various watch and no-fly lists.
When said person appears at the airport, the ID is matched against the boarding pass to confirm that
this person is the person whose name appears on the BP, since a person on the no-fly list would be denied a BP, and a person on the watch list would get a BP with SSSS on it.
That's the
theory. Of course, it's pretty obvious that in actual practice, a fake ID, a fake boarding pass, or both, could easily be used to avoid the list matching and get past the TDC. The system is useless - but the vast majority of Americans somehow believe that "show ID" is a magical force field that keeps all manner of Bad People out of places they're not supposed to go, making those places Safe From Evil.
Obviously, I have a somewhat different opinion.
