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Pilot, Co-pilot, and Gunner: or, Ending the TSA Tyranny

December 3, 2011 - 8:51 am - by Roger Kimball
John Frary
2011-12-03 10:05:44

Some very useful suggestions here. And my, TSA story, going down to Georgia a couple of years ago. Having misplace my driver’s license I carried an expired U.S. passport for identification. A South Boston lady old enough to be wise in the ways of government glanced at my host and his two children—all blond—and judging me to be the very picture of semi-senile respectability passed me through with a grin and an exchange of quips.

Coming back through Savannah Airport I had to deal with a greenhorn who couldn’t make up his mind about an expired passport, but decided that an expired Princeton University library card with a photo was enough to allow me aboard.