I posted this on another thread, but it was kind of off the thread topic. I thought it would be fun to discuss the passports in light of the fact that we have some time before our next episode! I did some searching around and found the various screencaps.

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-- Alice, from “Alice’s Adventure’s in Wonderland”

Nice.. So are we thinking that Ben is still Hanso group.. Could relate to why Michael could have been in a hospital room with Anvar Hanso?

Wouldn't red flags pop up when someone has the same ID# as another person durning like a processing? Or at the airport when Michael is going to Figi to get on the freigher?

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PENNY: I love you too.
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BOTH: I promise. I love you.

And the strange thing, too, is that Ben's passport appears to be Swiss and Michael's a U.S. passport. What are the odds of that?

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`Dear, dear! How queer everything is to-day! And yesterday things went on just as usual. I wonder if I've been changed in the night? Let me think: was I the same when I got up this morning? I almost think I can remember feeling a little different. But if I'm not the same, the next question is, Who in the world am I? Ah, that's the great puzzle!'

-- Alice, from “Alice’s Adventure’s in Wonderland”

He had a lot of passports from other countries from what I remember.

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I think they'd only flag the same ID number ifthey were both from the same country. Because ones Swiss and ones American they'd be OK.

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Wasnt Alvar a swiss munitions/arms mogul? I dont know if that has any weight...

If they are using someone's real passport information like ID number it won't be flagged when they travel. At airports when they scan your passport, some type of information appears and it has to have a legitimate source. They must use the same ID number that was taken from someone's real identity.

What's funny (pardon the pun) is that he's smiling - I'm pretty sure that's prohibited.