Re: Airlines & IDs [was RE: Amtrak & The War On Drugs]

2001-04-28 Thread Declan McCullagh
I believe at least one FOIA request has been pending for the exact FAA rule. I wrote about this a few years ago and asked the FAA to clarify its position, and I never heard anything authoritative. In a recent article, I pointed out that the trend is shifting: You can now use kiosk check-in in som

RE: Airlines & IDs [was RE: Amtrak & The War On Drugs]

2001-04-27 Thread Trei, Peter
> Tim May[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > At 12:51 PM -0700 4/25/01, Woody Patterson wrote: > >--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> It's just as easy today- at least for one-ways. Just have the > >> individual > >> with the ID check in and hand the ticket to you. I've done it a > >> million > >> tim

RE: Amtrak & The War On Drugs (gray travel)

2001-04-26 Thread Aimee Farr
Alan Olsen wrote: > On Thu, 26 Apr 2001, Aimee Farr wrote: > > > I wrote, and to curb offlist replies, flames and comparisons to > John Young, > > I write again: > > > > > BTW, I need a gray travel consultant. Lemme know if anybody > knows of one. > > > Will accept salt-and-pepper gray. > > > > =

RE: Amtrak & The War On Drugs (gray travel)

2001-04-25 Thread Alan Olsen
On Thu, 26 Apr 2001, Aimee Farr wrote: > I wrote, and to curb offlist replies, flames and comparisons to John Young, > I write again: > > > BTW, I need a gray travel consultant. Lemme know if anybody knows of one. > > Will accept salt-and-pepper gray. > > = low-key/anonymous travel, increasingl

RE: Amtrak & The War On Drugs (gray travel)

2001-04-25 Thread Aimee Farr
I wrote, and to curb offlist replies, flames and comparisons to John Young, I write again: > BTW, I need a gray travel consultant. Lemme know if anybody knows of one. > Will accept salt-and-pepper gray. = low-key/anonymous travel, increasingly critical to execs in certain parts of the world, as

RE: Airlines & IDs [was RE: Amtrak & The War On Drugs]

2001-04-25 Thread Tim May
At 12:51 PM -0700 4/25/01, Woody Patterson wrote: >--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> It's just as easy today- at least for one-ways. Just have the >> individual >> with the ID check in and hand the ticket to you. I've done it a >> million >> times. >> Free, encrypted, secure Web-based email

RE: Airlines & IDs [was RE: Amtrak & The War On Drugs]

2001-04-25 Thread aluger
At Wed, 25 Apr 2001 14:29:29 -0400, "Trei, Peter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Sandy Sandfort[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote >> >> Peter wrote: >> >> > My understanding is this: >> > >> > 1. It is not a regulatory requirement for an airline >> > passenger in the US to produce identificati

RE: Airlines & IDs [was RE: Amtrak & The War On Drugs]

2001-04-25 Thread Trei, Peter
> Sandy Sandfort[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote > > Peter wrote: > > > My understanding is this: > > > > 1. It is not a regulatory requirement for an airline > > passenger in the US to produce identification. > > > > 2. In fact, it's a violation of the airline's common carrier > > status for

RE: Airlines & IDs [was RE: Amtrak & The War On Drugs]

2001-04-25 Thread Sandy Sandfort
Peter wrote: > My understanding is this: > > 1. It is not a regulatory requirement for an airline > passenger in the US to produce identification. > > 2. In fact, it's a violation of the airline's common carrier > status for them to do so - they must admit anyone who > shows up with a valid

RE: Amtrak & The War On Drugs

2001-04-25 Thread Sampo Syreeni
On Wed, 25 Apr 2001, Trei, Peter wrote: >Just how dangerous an extra 25+% dioxin is I don't know. Only it's a lot more harm than you'd think, if that 25% is concentrated somewhere along the human food chain. Which it seems to be. Sampo Syreeni, aka decoy, mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED], gsm: +358-50-

RE: Amtrak & The War On Drugs

2001-04-25 Thread David Honig
At 09:59 AM 4/25/01 -0400, Trei, Peter wrote: >The figure I heard was that up to this date, the amount of dioxin released >in the cow-pyres was equal to 25% of the total annual British industrial >output. Presumably more will be released as the cull goes on (they really >should be using napalm).

Airlines & IDs [was RE: Amtrak & The War On Drugs]

2001-04-25 Thread Trei, Peter
> Ralph Wallis[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > On Tuesday, 24 Apr 2001 at 16:13, Tim May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > However, it used to be SOP to buy train tickets at the ticket > > window--for cash and with no I.D. or phone numbers or SS numbers or > > forehead marks. > > > > It looks like

RE: Amtrak & The War On Drugs

2001-04-25 Thread Trei, Peter
> Ken Brown[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Tim May wrote: > > > > At 5:20 PM -0700 4/24/01, David Honig wrote: > > >At 11:02 AM 4/24/01 +0100, Ken Brown wrote: > > > and burn a million cows on pyres of > > >>used tyres and railway sleepers (they are thinking of using napalm to > > >>save money) >

Re: Amtrak & The War On Drugs

2001-04-25 Thread Ken Brown
Tim May wrote: > > At 5:20 PM -0700 4/24/01, David Honig wrote: > >At 11:02 AM 4/24/01 +0100, Ken Brown wrote: > > and burn a million cows on pyres of > >>used tyres and railway sleepers (they are thinking of using napalm to > >>save money) > > > >The chemicals in the materials you're using for

Re: Amtrak & The War On Drugs

2001-04-25 Thread Steve Mynott
Tim May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > From our perspective, it will show the foolishness of government > overreaction (ordering a million animals to be slaughtered and burned > with tires and old pressure-treated lumber railroad ties). I would agree 100% with this from a UK perspective. > I

Re: Amtrak & The War On Drugs

2001-04-24 Thread Declan McCullagh
On Tue, Apr 24, 2001 at 06:43:20PM -0700, Tim May wrote: > From our perspective, it will show the foolishness of government > overreaction (ordering a million animals to be slaughtered and burned > with tires and old pressure-treated lumber railroad ties). Good summary. Here's an ENS report:

Re: Amtrak & The War On Drugs

2001-04-24 Thread Declan McCullagh
No argument here. I recall a lot of this was in the '96 legislative session, especially the summer. I have some articles on the topic archived at www.eff.org/pub/Publications/Declan_McCullagh -Declan On Wed, Apr 25, 2001 at 09:34:44AM +1000, Ralph Wallis wrote: > On Tuesday, 24 Apr 2001 at 16:13

RE: Amtrak & The War On Drugs

2001-04-24 Thread Phillip H. Zakas
> Tim May concludes: > Those in other countries should not sit back and smirk. France, > Germany, and Japan are already far along in their march to statism. > Kanada is catching up. And don't forget the dutch with their shiny new face & iris scans embedded within immigrant identity cards. of cour

Re: Amtrak & The War On Drugs

2001-04-24 Thread Tim May
At 5:20 PM -0700 4/24/01, David Honig wrote: >At 11:02 AM 4/24/01 +0100, Ken Brown wrote: > and burn a million cows on pyres of >>used tyres and railway sleepers (they are thinking of using napalm to >>save money) > >The chemicals in the materials you're using for your pyres are >poisoning the l

RE: Amtrak & The War On Drugs

2001-04-24 Thread Aimee Farr
CTED] > Subject: Re: Amtrak & The War On Drugs > > > At 3:55 PM -0800 4/24/01, Raymond D. Mereniuk wrote: > >On 24 Apr 2001, at 11:02, Ken Brown wrote: > > > >> You need phone numbers to buy train tickets? Why? Since when? The USA > >> may be a wonderful

Re: Amtrak & The War On Drugs

2001-04-24 Thread Tim May
At 3:55 PM -0800 4/24/01, Raymond D. Mereniuk wrote: >On 24 Apr 2001, at 11:02, Ken Brown wrote: > >> You need phone numbers to buy train tickets? Why? Since when? The USA >> may be a wonderful country but over here where we we employ > >I believe in the original story the fellow bought a train