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It's so they can check to see if you're on a list of wanted criminals, which is already the job of many other government agencies. It doesn't have anything to
by mLuby 6y ago
It's so they can check to see if you're on a list of wanted criminals, which is already the job of many other government agencies.
It doesn't have anything to do with the transportation safety; that's what the bag and person searches are for.
TSA should be identity-agnostic. Leave IDs to Immigration.
- maest 6y agoAre names a good identifier to key on for those purposes?
- deleted 6y ago[deleted]
- mushbino 6y agoIt's not. One of my friends has a name somewhat similar to a person formerly suspected of terrorist activities. His first and last name are both different from the actual suspect, but his email is kinda sorta close. He gets detained and questioned for hours every time he flys.
- toomuchtodo 6y agoHas your friend applied for a redress number from TSA/DHS? https://www.dhs.gov/redress-control-numbers https://www.dhs.gov/redress-control-numbers
- ViViDboarder 6y agoWell, if they removed checking identities as it doesn’t relate to “transportation safety” they’d likely just replace it by a check from one of those other agencies.
- gumby 6y agoBut why?