No, the reason I posted here was because many people on this board have suggested this method to get around security. Yes I read the article, and I see that buying a ticket for anything other than the intention to fly (getting DB credits, access to sterile terminal...) regardless of the reason is just an extension of what the Temple guy claims is fraud.

While I doubt it has been tested to the point where a precident has been set, if I were one who abused the system in this way for ANY gain, other than to fly, I would keep an eye out for how/if this gets prosecuted. Who is to say that the TSAairlines wouldn't use any rulings to strengthen their hands? I mean tax evasion for Al Capone was a reach, but it worked, mail fraud for Tom Cruise in "The Firm"...in a litigious society, people will push the boundries of laws and precidents to serve them...consumers do it, companies and goverments can too.