When pax simply refuse to show ID, then it's a very different story. Needless to say, the right to travel in our country should not be predicated on the degree to which a citizen is willing to bow and scrape to authority.

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What about the non citizen? Are they afforded the same rights to not show ID{even though anybody can get one on the corner}? I guess I just don't understand the paranoia of Big Brother, if you are not doing anything wrong, then why would you care who tracks where you fly? Why do you care if Safeway tracks your purchases? I belong to Albertsons and Ralphs, and neither of them bug me. It seems that nobody here has ever been the victim of identity theft, or a lost credit card. I frown on those that don't ask me for ID when using a credit card, as the face should fit the purchaser.
I dread the day when anybody can board any flight any way they want to, just because they are entitled to. But then again, it will never happen like it did, right?