Indefatigable.

John Gilmore, lover of privacy and co-founder of the Electronic Freedom Foundation, continues on in what is likely a quixotic struggle to be able to fly domestically without producing identification. While I doubt he will succeed, Gilmore is making a more important point: the federal regulations requiring airlines to ask for identification are secret, and the government wants to keep them that way, going as far as to ask to keep its arguments secret in Gilmore’s lawsuit against them.

Now I'm all for reasonable security measures, but the government is starting to stretch credibility a little thin. In a story on CNN, I think Gilmore's attorney James Harrison hits it right on the head when he is reported as saying:

"We're dealing with the government's review of a secret law that now they want a secret judicial review for. This administration's use of a secret law is more dangerous to the security of the nation than any external threat."

Harrison follows up by asking,

"How are people supposed to follow laws if they don't know what they are?"

This is a good and reasonable question, and the public should expect to get an answer. Let's hope we do.