[81229] in Cypherpunks
Re: McVeigh is not the issue!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steve Schear)
Thu Jun 5 02:13:46 1997
In-Reply-To: <v0310280bafba6a8c2fcf@[207.167.93.63]>
Date: Wed, 4 Jun 1997 22:44:46 -0700
To: Tim May <tcmay@got.net>, cypherpunks@algebra.com
From: Steve Schear <azur@netcom.com>
Cc: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
Reply-To: Steve Schear <azur@netcom.com>
>(The airlines claim the FAA is requiring traveller identity. Maybe yes,
>maybe no.
Traveler ID is not 'required', however if you don't possess a government
issued ID and/or have paid for your ticket via cash within 48 hours of
departure expect some delays in your travel and a through search of your
baggage.
>Any extension to further "position escrow"
>(which is what I call the increasing requirements that citizen-units report
>their identities when travelling) would, as I understand the Constitution,
>violate various freedoms to move about with government interference.)
>
>These are the serious issues.
Yes, they are and the Feds are tip-toeing around the matter ever so lightly
so as not to have the ACLU on their case.
--Steve
