B727 CREW WAS TOLD BY LCL STATION MAINT THAT AN MEL ITEM HAD BEEN CLRED.

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DURING PREFLT ACTIVITIES IN ZZZ; US; THE FLT RELEASE PAPERWORK HAD MEL XX-XX-XX 'AUX FUEL TANK BOOST PUMPS' LISTED UNDER THE ACFT NOTES AS BEING INOP. AT THE ACFT; MAINT PERSONNEL ASSURED ME AND MY FE THAT THE DISCREPANCY WAS CLRED AND THAT WE MAY PROCEED NORMALLY. MY REQUESTED FUEL LOAD OF 55000 LBS ALLOWED FOR 2600 LBS OF FUEL TO GO INTO THE NOW 'REPAIRED' AUX TANK. DUE TO OVERSIGHT; WE DEPARTED ZZZ WITHOUT HAVING THE ITEM REMOVED FROM THE DISPATCH RELEASE. THEREFORE; WE VIOLATED THE TERMS OF THE RELEASE. DURING PREDEP PLANNING AT OUR NEXT STOP; MY DISPATCHER INFORMED ME THAT THE REPAIR HAD BEEN REJECTED BY MAINT CTL PERSONNEL AND THAT MEL XX-XX-XX WAS NEVER REMOVED FROM THE DISPATCH RELEASE AND WAS STILL IN EFFECT. FACTORS LEADING TO THIS OVERSIGHT WERE NUMEROUS: OTHER PREFLT CONSIDERATIONS; MISCOM ON THE PART OF LCL MAINT PERSONNEL AND MAINT CTL -- MY FE; AND MYSELF AMONG THEM. MORE IMPORTANTLY; THE EXTREMELY TIME CONSUMING SECURITY MEASURES AT THE INTL TERMINAL IN ZZZ. THESE PROCS SERIOUSLY SHORTENED OUR TIME AVAILABLE FROM CREW SHOW TIME TO DEP TIME. HAD MY CREW AND I NOT ENDURED THIS ALL TOO ROUTINE SHAKEDOWN; WE MORE THAN LIKELY WOULD HAVE HAD AMPLE TIME TO SORT OUT ALL THESE DETAILS AND AVOID THIS OVERSIGHT. THE ORGANIZATION HAS A SOLUTION THAT HAS BEEN IGNORED BY OUR POLICY MAKERS FOR SOME TIME NOW. THAT IS; TO IMPLEMENT A UNIVERSAL ACCESS IDENT CARD; SO THAT AIR CREW CAN BYPASS SECURITY AND GET TO THEIR ACFT IN A TIMELY MANNER. I'M DISAPPOINTED FOR ALLOWING MYSELF TO GET RUSHED TO MAKE AN ON-TIME DEP. BUT; I AM ANGERED AT THE SECURITY SYS THAT'S DESIGNED TO PROTECT US; CREATING PROBS LIKE THIS. IT WAS DETRIMENTAL IN MY CASE.