Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2003 21:33:41 -0500 (EST)
From: "Keith F. Lynch" <kfl at KeithLynch.net>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: We Don't Need No Steenkin' Papers . . .
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

"Michael Walsh" <MJW at mail.press.jhu.edu> wrote:

> "Steven Brill is betting that the answer is yes. He planned to
> announce on Thursday a new company, Verified Identity Card, to offer
> customers an electronic card containing data showing that they are
> not on antiterrorism "watch lists" and do not have certain felony
> convictions on their records."

So much for my *ever* putting my false conviction behind me and
getting on with my life.  So what if it was 26 years ago?  Maybe
they should just brand me on my forehead.

I think the ideal is anonymous paper tickets.  Anyone who has one
knows for a *fact* that they'll be able to fly, unless all flights are
cancelled.  Nobody will say "there's a Mike Walsh on our terrorism
watch list, and maybe you're him".

Relying on watch lists is folly.  None of the nineteen 9/11 hijackers
had ever previously done anything to get on any watch list.
--
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