Originally Posted by
Boggie Dog
How does TSA's checking ID help enforce the no-fly list when TSA does not directly compare ID to any database?
The truth is that if they treat everyone who doesn't present an ID as a selectee, matching against the no-fly list becomes somewhat unnecessary. The premise of the no-fly list is that there are certain people who are just too dangerous to fly. That isn't necessarily a premise based in reality. (Individuals are downgraded from the no-fly list to the selectee on occasion, for example).