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[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Richard Fritzson <richard.fritzson () verizon net>
To: dave () farber net
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2004 00:00:30 +0000
Subj: Re: [IP] more on Air travel without ID.

As far as I can tell, a child is a child because his or her parents say so. 
When my daughter was 17 1/2 she flew without government issued photo id 
because I said she was my minor child. When my son was 20 and tried to 
board a plane (accompanied by his father, mother and sister) without 
government issued photo id, we were all interrogated. (He had a school 
photo id and an official notarized birth certificate which had worked in 
Baltimore but was not acceptable in Dallas.)

The airlines, national rail and regional rail have all declared their right 
to demand id. The supreme court, in June, ruled against Larry Hiibel, and 
declared that states can enforce laws requiring you to identify yourself to 
the police. I don't belief it is much of an exaggeration to say that 
citizens of the U.S., travelling within their own country, must be prepared 
to show official papers to representatives of the government at almost any 
time.


  Rich Fritzson



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