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TreasureKY -> "Let Me See Your Papers"... (3/25/2010 4:56:34 AM)
I'm a bit floored this morning... Firm has been out of state on a business trip for the past couple of days and is scheduled to fly back home to Georgia this morning. I called him yesterday evening to let him know that while attempting to check him in on his flight, I was unable to and that he needed to check in at the airport counter. Okay, a bit of an extra hassle for him but all-in-all, no biggie. It turns out, that he was flagged by the Department of Homeland Security to check his passport. WTF? Firm wasn't flying into or out of the country. They told him that he needed to be able to give the telephone number that is on his passport. WTF, again? There is no telephone number on his passport... at least not printed anywhere on the passport itself. Fortunately, after three tries he was able to give them what they said was the correct number and he was cleared to get his boarding pass, but I am at a total loss as to what on earth is going on. Firm wasn't the only one who experienced this... another gentleman who had been at the same meeting who was scheduled for the same flight has the same problem. Random check to be sure... I can't imagine any kind of profiling that would apply to him other than "plain, caucasian, American male". Firm's name and appearance is as all-American as "John Smith". About the most subversive association that Firm has in his life is his membership in this forum. Is anyone aware of any new requirement for US passengers on domestic flights to carry their passport?

DarkSteven -> RE: "Let Me See Your Papers"... (3/25/2010 5:28:44 AM)
DHS is not staffed by the best and the brightest. When Bush formed it, he simply moved paper shufflers from other agencies to it, so that it did not require the funding of new staffing. So the other agency heads used it as an opportunity to clean out their deadwood. There's more to screening than ethnicity. I was once flagged for buying a one way ticket with little notice. I' surprised that he was even carrying a passport. In future, I think Ill go Amtrak. Less hassle.

pahunkboy -> RE: "Let Me See Your Papers"... (3/25/2010 6:51:14 AM)
Gosh- if I gave a phone number- that was 7 years ago. I would be pressed to recall even what that number was. BTW_ GREAT Pic of you! I love the pose.

mnottertail -> RE: "Let Me See Your Papers"... (3/25/2010 6:54:53 AM)
Wonder if the other guy is on collarme too and this is just some nigerian scam. Glad hes coming home and not going to Gitmo. Ron

Real0ne -> RE: "Let Me See Your Papers"... (3/25/2010 7:37:56 AM)
yeh I was just saying something similar http://www.collarchat.com/m_3131275/tm.htm

Sanity -> RE: "Let Me See Your Papers"... (3/25/2010 7:55:08 AM)
I think may have found the problem, and I'm not nearly as certain that it's Bushs's doing as Dark Steven seems to be... [image]http://forthardknox.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/dhsreport.jpg[/image] http://www.docstoc.com/docs/5410658/DHS-Report-on-Right-Wing-Extremism/

thompsonx -> RE: "Let Me See Your Papers"... (3/25/2010 7:59:54 AM)
Bullshit: We all know what a trouble maker he is[;)]

TreasureKY -> RE: "Let Me See Your Papers"... (3/25/2010 8:27:11 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: DarkSteven There's more to screening than ethnicity. I was once flagged for buying a one way ticket with little notice. I understand why they question when people purchase one-way tickets. I don't agree with it, but I understand it. But Firm was traveling roundtrip. quote: ORIGINAL: DarkSteven I' surprised that he was even carrying a passport. He wasn't. They required he give the phone number on his passport. As I mentioned, there isn't any phone number printed on a passport. I'm assuming they are referring to the phone number that was on the application when he applied for his passport. But that's crazy... passports are good for ten years... I've moved five times in the past ten years... I couldn't even begin to tell you what my phone number was ten years ago. Is there some fine print that requires us to notify the State Department when we move or change phone numbers? quote: ORIGINAL: pahunkboy Gosh- if I gave a phone number- that was 7 years ago. I would be pressed to recall even what that number was. Precisely. It's crazy, I tell you. And thank you for the compliment, PA. [:)]

TreasureKY -> RE: "Let Me See Your Papers"... (3/25/2010 8:39:53 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Sanity I think may have found the problem, and I'm not nearly as certain that it's Bushs's doing as Dark Steven seems to be... I find it troubling, to say the least. An awkward thought to express comes to mind... Many would stand up for the rights of criminals lest one innocent person is inadvertently caught in the system... Yet it seem apparently acceptable that the rights of innocents are casually trod upon on the chance that no criminal gets away. sighs There's no easy answer, that's for sure.

Aylee -> RE: "Let Me See Your Papers"... (3/25/2010 8:58:57 AM)
Ummm. . . so what if you do not have a passport?

Moonhead -> RE: "Let Me See Your Papers"... (3/25/2010 9:05:52 AM)
Then they won't know to look for you. Which, looking at some of the twats with placards at these teabagging parties is a bit worrying: I get the impression that those things are the first time a lot of the wankers have left the trailer park for years. Maybe if they'd actually been on the electoral register and bothered to vote they wouldn't have the current situation to complain about in the first place.

Aylee -> RE: "Let Me See Your Papers"... (3/25/2010 9:14:10 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Moonhead Then they won't know to look for you. Actually it was a serious question. Are people flying from one US city to another without a passport somehow less of a threat to homeland security than those with a passport? I am just not understanding the reasoning here.

Moonhead -> RE: "Let Me See Your Papers"... (3/25/2010 9:32:32 AM)
I'd suspect it's probably a reaction to all of the death threats angry gun totin' white folk have started hurling about since the last election, and which has started to escalate since the healthcare thing went through. People without passports aren't any less of a threat in those terms, but if that's the main mechanism the DHS* uses to track people, then it's not going to be covering a lot of the people they need to keep an eye on. *(I love that acronymn: it's a furniture shop over here...)

mnottertail -> RE: "Let Me See Your Papers"... (3/25/2010 9:35:20 AM)
We also have an acronym; DMV (department of motor vehicles) where you get vehicle titles done, drivers licenses, pay taxes for same.... It is also known as the house of the living dead. William Pratt (aka Boris Karloff)

Vendaval -> RE: "Let Me See Your Papers"... (3/25/2010 9:40:19 AM)
I think what happened to Firm would be one of the new security procedures following the attempted Christmas bombing event a few months ago. "The Department of Homeland Security immediately put additional screening measures into place for all domestic and international flights, and warned that passengers may notice new procedures and should allot extra time for check-in. "These measures are designed to be unpredictable, so passengers should not expect to see the same thing everywhere," DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano said in a statement." http://thehill.com/homenews/house/73637-congressional-hearings-called-in-attempted-airline-bombing

TreasureKY -> RE: "Let Me See Your Papers"... (3/25/2010 10:00:40 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Aylee I am just not understanding the reasoning here. I'm not understanding it, either. Okay... so to help ensure no weapons (or something that can be used as a weapon) make it aboard planes, we increase physical screening measures to improve the odds of catching someone trying to take a weapon on a plane. I get that. What purpose is served in verifying identification? How does this prevent terrorism? Who cares if John Doe is really Jack Smith sneaking off to see his mistress in Boise, Idaho? As long as he isn't carrying any weapons onto the plane to cause harm...

Vendaval -> RE: "Let Me See Your Papers"... (3/25/2010 10:07:29 AM)
This security procedure will be annoying for most passengers, as we already have to show ID when checking in and before boarding. Maybe this random interviewing to keep everyone on their best behavior? And it is much cheaper than installing new body scanners. Hopefully he won't have this experience when returning home. And if it does happen, writing down the names and badge numbers, etc of the security staff is good to have if you wish to file a formal complaint.

Moonhead -> RE: "Let Me See Your Papers"... (3/25/2010 10:09:57 AM)
Somebody travelling under somebody else's passport is a bit more likely to be up to no good than somebody who isn't, I'd have thought.

TreasureKY -> RE: "Let Me See Your Papers"... (3/25/2010 10:26:39 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Moonhead Somebody travelling under somebody else's passport is a bit more likely to be up to no good than somebody who isn't, I'd have thought. While I don't disagree, I can't help thinking that as long as they aren't physically endangering the plane and other passengers (which physical screenings for weapons would cover), what business is it of the TSA or DHS? When no crime has happened where they are specifically suspected, why do ordinary, law-abiding citizens have to prove that they aren't up to "no good"?

Moonhead -> RE: "Let Me See Your Papers"... (3/25/2010 10:54:43 AM)
They don't, but if they're traveling under a false passport they've probably committed some form of identity theft. I don't believe the right to a secret identity is protected by the constitution, and identity fraud is something most western nations have been making an effort to crack down on recently, even if they haven't had a load of white right leaning lunatics issuing death threats at politicians they don't like for a year or so. Your point about people changing addresses and phone numbers during the life of a passport is well founded, but asking for information that is on the paperwork they've got but not on the passport does seem a pretty solid way of letting somebody prove that they're who they say they are. Your other half did, so no harm was done.

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