Originally Posted by
MKEbound
"....(passenger) asks whether TSA may require a passenger to produce a form of identification, such as a Federal or State government issued ID, in order to fly domestically, TSA has Statutory authority to establish such a requirement. To date, TSA has no implemented this authority."
I believe that wording has been there since day 1. However, as demonstrated in the Gilmore trial (and appeal) the TSA has never produced the actual Statute which stipulates this specifc power. It likely falls under the generic 'director may do whatever...' provision, which would still require posting in the Register and subsequent Congressional approval.
IOW just more obfuscation from the masters of it.