At 01:08 PM 9/19/01 -0700, Eric Cordian wrote:
>MSNBC is reporting that Congress is thinking of requiring all citizens and
>non-citizens in the United States to carry ID cards.
What, if any, power granted to congress lets them think they could justify
this?
I recall there being fairly high, if not supreme, court
decisions in the past confirming that you never have to
identify yourself to the police. Other than when driving a
car, of course, as that's a "privilege" not a right. So how
are they going to force these mandatory ID
Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 18:19:51 -0500
Subject: Re: Mandatory ID Cards (fwd)
Damn, haven't they figured out that tatoos are cheaper and less prone to
loss?
Jim Choate wrote:
> -- Forwarded message --
> Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 13:08:47 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Eric C
The conversation elsewhere is out of control...even "negative recognition"
in addition to a National Biometric-ID. The fear is that its an "appearance
measure." My response on another list was fairly long-winded, but it did
include the following:
(1) The pretexter. Mr. Terrorist -- he's a suspect
> MSNBC is reporting that Congress is thinking of requiring all citizens
> and non-citizens in the United States to carry ID cards.
We're already half-way there. With our photo-id driver's licenses, and
required identification before boarding airplanes, convenient travel and
lack of anonymity go
> MSNBC is reporting that Congress is thinking of requiring all citizens
> and non-citizens in the United States to carry ID cards.
We're already half-way there. With our photo-id driver's licenses, and
required identification before boarding airplanes, convenient travel and
lack of anonymity go
On 19 Sep 2001, at 13:08, Eric Cordian wrote:
> MSNBC is reporting that Congress is thinking of requiring all citizens
> and non-citizens in the United States to carry ID cards.
Interesting article...
http://www.msnbc.com/news/630118.asp for those interested.
> It looks like the anti-privacy fo
MSNBC is reporting that Congress is thinking of requiring all citizens and
non-citizens in the United States to carry ID cards.
It looks like the anti-privacy folks are going to do an end-run around the
encryption issue, and first attack anonymity. An interesting strategy,
and one which we shoul
