Identity Crisis (dot Name)

I was writing a response to a FAQ at flexyourrights.org that asks
“When do I have to show ID?” The airport section of what I wrote starts
like this:

TSA airport regulations state that everyone is free to fly without ID if they’ll undergo a more extensive physical search, but because this regulation is secret, some airport officials don’t believe it exists.

That sentence struck me — because it sounds like a typical conspiracy theory line, but in our case it’s literally true.

The Justice Department has asked to extend its deadline in responding to John Gilmore’s Supreme Court challenge to the secret law that purports to require ID of airline passengers. Its response is now due on October 11, 2006.