full-disclosure - complaints about the governemnt spying!

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Date: Thu Dec 29 21:18:43 2005
From: gboyce at badbelly.com (gboyce)
Subject: complaints about the governemnt spying! 

On Thu, 29 Dec 2005, Paul Schmehl wrote:

> That's a silly misrepresentation of the facts of the case.  There *is* no law 
> requiring the presentation of ID at an airport.  There *is* a law that makes 
> it illegal to hijack a plane, and there *are* security directives, issued by 
> the FAA, which define the means and methods by which the law will be 
> enforced.  Among those is the requirement to show ID upon request.  The 
> security directives are secret because you don't show your hand to the enemy 
> (except if you work for the New York Times.)
>
> Mr. Gilmore, who is an activist civil libertarian, deliberately entered an 
> airport without an form of ID, then refused to produce ID when requested. 
> When he was then asked to undergo a more thorough screening, he refused that 
> as well.  He was then arrested and removed from the airport.

Arrested for what?  You already stated that there is no law requiring the 
presentation of ID at an airport, only a law making it illegal to hijack a 
plane.

Disobeying a rule designed to prevent an illegal act does not make you 
guilty of said illegal act.

For example, some states have mandatory waiting periods before buying a 
handgun in order to prevent someone from getting pissed off, buying a gun, 
and shooting someone.  If you attempt to bypass the waiting period, you 
may be guilty of breaking a law, but not of attempted murder.