Real ID Act a real intrusion on rights, privacy

[Echo In Light]

Real ID Act a real intrusion on rights, privacy
By BOB BARR | Wednesday, February 6, 2008, 07:30 AM

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

With the announcement last month by Homeland Security chief Michael Chertoff of the final implementing regulations for the much-delayed Real ID Act, the debate over this thinly veiled national identification card project moved into high gear.

The federal government for several years now has been fighting a guerrilla action with citizen groups and a number of state legislatures over imposing on the states and the citizenry this privacy-intrusive and costly mandate. With the announcement Jan. 11 of the final regulations, the debate is fully joined and pits those who support the principle of states’ rights against the legions of Big Government advocates.

Big Government advocates are personified by the current Bush administration, favoring central control of virtually every facet of activity in our society, from education to transportation and from the plumbing in our bathrooms to the bulbs in our lamps. While the Real ID debate shares some elements with its sister debate concerning voter ID, mixing the two as if two sides of the same coin dilutes the host of fundamental constitutional concerns and responsibilities affected by the Real ID Act program now being forced down the throats of the states.

http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/barrcode/entries/2008/02/06/real_id_act_a_real_intrusion_o.html

[alarimer]

1. I can't believe I agree with Bob Barr on something.

What if you lose your ID and you are in Paris or something? Will they let you on the plane with your passport? What if you do not drive and so do not need an ID? DHS is a bunch of Nazis. I hope someone sues to stop this.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

2. Big Brother in action. My "Liberal" Democrat governor just agreed to it.

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