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Old Feb 19, 2007 | 8:34 pm
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Originally Posted by genome4hire
I read the HIbel case a few years back, so I know I have to show ID to a police officer when told to.. so I did. She then read my license number into her radio, and had her people run a criminal check against my name/details. TSA ended up filing an incident report of some kind too.
Read the case again. The issue isn't whether you must show ID to police but rather whether you must state your name when asked.

Originally Posted by genome4hire
In any case, this is the first time that I've ever not been able to fly without ID - solely because I attempted to assert my rights.
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