It is the reason they do not ask your gender or your date of birth. It is on the ID, along with your name. If the date of birth and gender are legally provided, so is the name.

Bolding mine: Imho, it's not an "argument" but rather the way it's written as all it says is that I must "provide" and presenting an I/D which satisfies the requirement is all that is needed.

• 1540.107: An individual must provide his or her full name, as defined in §1560.3 of this chapter
• 1560.3: Full name means an individual's full name as it appears on a verifying identity document held by the individual.

There is absolutely no mention that one must state, spell and/or pronounce their name but simply present a document which contains that information

50:50 chance a GE card will be rejected by the TDC. Got a driver's licence?

Passport card.

That's 25 minutes I can't afford to lose. Why not just say your name and move on? :rolleyes:

Because I have a 4th amendment right that I can't afford to lose either. I did this in DEN with two behavior detection officers (plus 7 other lead & supervisor screeners even screening manager) for 75 minutes. With every bit of my time. Perhaps they did not agree with me.

If I may ask if you are so firm on protecting your 4th amendment rights and not telling the TSA name why is your full name and address part of your FT addy signature?

I go to a convention by choice and I do wear a name tag so that clients can recognize me and ask me questions pertaining to their operations. My choice because I chose to do business with those clients.

I present my "government issued ID" to the trained (hopefully) document checker along with a boarding pass for that department airport because it is required. The TSA screener does not tell me their name (but I do admit looking at their SIDA credentials), where they live, etc. Why should I volunteer any of my information to the TSA screener? Are they likely to afford my billable day?

This was settled a long time ago when the document checker at FLL was looking thru my visa travel pages of my passport looking at the countries I've visited. Also last June when the behavior detection officer at DEN started reading my 3-day hotel bill.

I give no quarter.

Personal risk. Result of who I work for, what I do, and the reason for travel.

The SSSS was completely and totally unwarranted - my identity had been well established by a verifiable document. This was clear retaliation, with a cop thrown in to try and threaten for good effect.

As for the "lost time", I had 2 hours until my scheduled flight time - I still got cleared standby on the earlier flight (which was fully booked).

Note is off to congressional office, meeting when I can next get into town.

I use my NEXUS card for this very reason, to educate the doc checkers. It hasn't been rejected yet, I just often get a "do you have a driver's license" which when I say no (though it's really in my wallet next to my passport card...) gets me through or gets a two-striper called over, who always then lets me through.

Name Game - what's the Problem?
 

Let's face the facts here. TSA is the worst thing to happen in the name of Security, but the facts are, that we need some sort of Security. The name game, IMO, is the least of the problems.

As I hand my ID & BP over, I immediately state - Last name / First name / Middle initial / Destination airport. Usually there's a slight shock wave, and a moment of silence.

Then I hear, Why are you going to Chicago?

I say "That's Classified"

They say something like, "What do you mean?" or "Classified?????"

I say "When I leave the secure area of my destination airport, it's no ones business what I do or where I go.

and off I go to opt-out. You know the rest.

It sounds like you encountered TSA's enhanced questioning/BDO program that is being rolled out selectively across the country. While you are not obligated to respond, if you refuse you could subject yourself to delays and additional searches.

I would not say "that's classified" unless it is actually the case. While TSA front-line employees (performing whatever function, including but not limited to TSO, TDC, BDO, etc) are not LEOs, they are government officials who could make trouble for you. IMHO, it is best to tell the truth, in as few words as possible, when speaking with government officials. Saying that your reason for travel is "classified" or "restricted" or "confidential" could land you in some trouble if the TSO calls for a supervisor who demands to see proof of your federal clearance level that allows you to claim that particular classification. Instead, you could say that your reason for travel is "personal" or "private." Just my $0.02.

There's more than one way to classify information, and the federal government of the US has no monopoly on asserting that information is classified or not when the information is not the government's to control.

That's the TSA subjecting passengers to delays and additional searches. Why do you want to blame the passengers for the TSA's causing delays and additional searches? The TSA is the party that is to blame for causing delays and additional searches.

come up with a really long complex story about how you are going there to see an ex lover and give all the juicy and complex details. that would be fun.

Good advice -- the few times I've been confronted with this type of interrogation, my response is: "I don't discuss my travel." Many of us who have clearances very much low-key this fact, especially with screening clerks.