Grounded: Millionaire John Gilmore stays close to home while making a point about privacy: He's unable to travel because he refuses to present a government-approved ID
John Gilmore's splendid isolation began July 4, 2002, when, with defiance aforethought, he strolled to the Southwest Airlines counter at Oakland Airport and presented his ticket.
The gate agent asked for his ID.
Gilmore asked her why.
It is the law, she said.
Gilmore asked to see the law.
Nobody could produce a copy. To date, nobody has. The regulation that mandates ID at airports is "Sensitive Security Information." The law, as it turns out, is unavailable for inspection.
(via Politechbot: John has posted on Politech a number of times about his case: http://www.politechbot.com/p-04179.html
Case documents are here: http://freetotravel.org/)
