TSA Announces Enhancements to Airport ID Requirements to Increase Safety
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Administration (“TSA”) announced in June 2008 that as of June 21 passengers willfully refusing to provide identification at a security checkpoint will be denied access to airports’ secured areas. This rule will apply only to individuals refusing to provide any identification or to assist transportation security officers establishing the individuals' identities. This new rule will not affect passengers who may have lost, misplaced, or not having an ID but who are considered "cooperative."
Passengers who cooperate with TSA officers, however, may be subject to additional screening 
protocols, including enhanced physical screening, enhanced carry-on and/or checked baggage screening, interviews with behavior detection or law enforcement officers and other measures. TSA’s announcement comes somewhat as a surprise, given the fact that all passengers are required a boarding pass along with identification in order to get past the security checkpoint at any airport in the US. Before this announcement, federal regulations prohibited “non-ticketed” individuals to go beyond passenger security screening at all U.S. airports.
