<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by bdschobel:
I have little doubt that Tony would happily provide such information -- and much, much more! -- to any authority figure, because Tony trusts authority figures. (Correct me if I'm wrong, Tony.) He would not provide it to you, however, because you are just an ordinary guy -- like Tony, actually! What people like Tony forget is that authority figures are just ordinary guys, too. They are no more trustworthy than you, me or Tony.</font>
Come on, Bruce. Let's be honest here. The government, in some way shape or form, already has access to those records. Financial records? The IRS knows exactly how much money I made last year, how much interest I pay on my house, and how much money I made or lost selling stocks. The FBI can take a look at their databases to see if I'm a criminal. Customs knows when I have traveled outside the US and where I went and when I came back and what I brought with me.
So what NEW information would I be disclosing to the government? None!
So, let's think this through. Allowing the TSA to look at information that
the government already has would allow me to blow past the lines of folks who claim that airport security is a violation of our Constitutional rights -- despite the fact that the courts have said they are not?
Sign me up.