Ex-Lawmakers Endorse National I.D. System

Ex-Lawmakers Endorse National I.D. System
Will Rodger, SecurityFocus 2001-11-16

Three former Republican legislators call for state-run biometric smart card systems linked on a nationwide network. Just don't call it a national I.D. card

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Ex-Lawmakers Endorse National I.D. System 2001-11-19
Anonymous

I believe that the ID cards are a great idea. Although it might take a while in perfecting the technology we have to move in that direction. We obviously do not know who the hell is in our country and what their goals are! Of course it will not solve every problem but it will help a great deal espec...

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then join the data with MS passport databases 2001-11-19
lorenzo

...or maybe they can force Microsoft to turn their databases, so the US government will have IDs of a great majority of people using computers? By the time this will be accepted, MS Passport will be used and accepted. Cool.

...Where do you want to be identified today?...

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Ex-Lawmakers Endorse National I.D. System 2001-11-19
Anonymous

It sounds like Mr. Gingrich is a little behind in his newsreading. What good would it be to add biometric markers to drivers licenses, when California will routinely let you claim that you lost your license and would like a new one and, by the way, allows you to change the age, sex, picture and add...

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Tatoo 2001-11-20
Anonymous

What about tatooing a unique number to the forearm? It worked great in Konzentrationslagers......

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Ex-Lawmakers Endorse National I.D. System 2001-11-20
Anonymous

Other countries have had National ID's for some time. They have not stopped the criminal or terrorist from doing what they want. What's next, internal travel documents?...

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Ex-Lawmakers Endorse National I.D. System 2001-11-20
Anonymous

I think the National ID cards are a great idea. Although they will not solve every problem they are a step in the right direction. It is all too obvious that authorities need more effective ways to disseminate information between the various departments and infrastructures. We really need to crack d...

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The road to hell... 2001-11-20
Steve

...is paved with good intentions. "Nationwide identification will make us safer" is something I keep hearing, never accompanied by a mention of how or why. Like Microsoft's software "activation" it's not going to affect terrorists, it will probably successfully reduce the number of visa holders qui...

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