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Slideshow: Secret ID Law Goes to Court

Judges grill lawyers for both sides as the fight over a government rule demanding ID from airline passengers boils into federal appeals court. Ryan Singel reports from San Francisco.
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James Harrison, Gilmore's podium-banging lawyer, addresses reporters on the courthouse steps Thursday in San Francisco.Ryan Singel

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Electronic Frontier Foundation founder John Gilmore hands a "suspected terrorist" button to a supporter Thursday outside the San Francisco courthouse hearing his legal challenge to a secret airline security rule.

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John Gilmore says he hasn't flown within the United States since 2002. "When a cop asks you for your ID on the street, you are free to walk away," he said. "If you refuse to show ID at an airport, you can't fly."

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