RealID may not be real much longer


The public has it's say
By now you should know I oppose RealID with a passion. I am not fond of government issued IDs anyway.

It looks like part of the backlash behind this last election may result in the law getting repealed.

Sens. Daniel Akaka, D-Hawaii, and John Sununu, R-N.H., last week introduced a bill to repeal REAL ID. Their proposal would have replaced the law with language from a 2004 intelligence act that established a rulemaking process to examine standards for driver's licenses and ID cards. The senators are expected to file the bill again in the 110th Congress.

Jennifer Kerber of the Information Technology Association of America said the approach proposed by the bill is sensible. She said REAL ID, which was part of an $82 million military spending bill in 2005, killed the rulemaking process initiated by the intelligence law.

Jim Harper, director of information policy studies at the Cato Institute, said REAL ID requires state and local governments to invest a lot of money into ID cards that will not necessarily make people more secure. He said ID-based security is "incredibly risky and incredibly flimsy."

Repeal the law, it doesn't protect anyone. It was never intended to protect. No, the real purpose was to allow the FedGovs to watch you more closely.

— NeoWayland

Posted: Fri - December 15, 2006 at 05:14 PM  Tag


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