Originally Posted by
cbn42
Funny how Americans with driver's licenses will use their passports at TSA in order to conceal their address, and foreigners are looking for ways to obtain licenses so they don't have to use passports.
Different security concerns.
Even though he has only the DL and BP, in many cases it tells the TSO too much. If a man and his wife come through the checkpoint in ATL and their BPs are for the nonstop to Tokyo, the TSO knows even if they are on a MR the Smith residence at 123 Main Street is most likely unoccupied for a minimum of 30 hours. Should there ever be a dishonest TSO
with friends in the home burglary field it could be bad news for the Smith household.
A foreign national might not want the TSO to read his passport and see his last work trips took him to Pakistan or Yemen, or Blacklight Bob might think he has the Big Catch™, even though CBP has already cleared this person.