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Chertoff: Real ID Not 'Invasion of Privacy'

Michael Hampton writes on Homeland Stupidity:

The REAL ID Act of 2005, which mandates that states conform their driver’s licenses and identification cards to a common standard defined by the Department of Homeland Security and that states put personal information into a central database, is being sold as a secure document which will protect us all from terrorism, illegal immigration and identity theft.

But it will do no such thing.

Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff defended Real ID on Thursday, saying that the initiative would help prevent identity theft and illegal immigration and promote privacy.

More here.

Also, this is probably a good time to remind you about UnRealID.com.

posted by Fergie @ 12/17/2006 12:02:00 PM