IP: required nat'l ID card) Our Freedom at Stake!

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

From: Jim Warren <jwarren () well com>

> Date: Thu, 01 Oct 1998 17:18:19 -0400
> To: jross () rosseng com
> From: "James A. Ross" <jross () rosseng com>
> Subject: Urgent Message;  Our Freedom at Stake!
> Cc: Senator_Robb () robb senate gov, senator () warner senate gov
>
> Friend,
>
>        A short time ago a message from me caught the eye of a lady, DM
> Kozak, and she went to work to dig out all of the details of our
> government's plan to force all of us to carry a government-approve ID card.
>
>        Tomorrow, October 2, is the last day to send your comments to the
> Department of Transportation.  The letter that follows is a suggestion she
> sent to us; we're mailing our copy tonight tonight.
>
>
>
> Mr. & Mrs. James A. Ross
> 908 W. Poplar Rd.
> Sterling, V 20164
>
> October 1, 1998
>
> Docket Management, Room PL-401
> National Highway Traffic-Safety Administration
> Nassif Building
> 400 Seventh Street, S.W.
> Washington, D.C. 20590
>
> Re: Docket No. NHTSA-98-3945
> DOCID:fr17jn98-28
> 23 CFR Part 1331: Proposed Rule: State-Issued Driver's Licenses and
> Comparable Identification Documents
>
> Dear Sirs:
>
> Please include my written objection to the proposed regulations regarding
> the federal standards for state-issued driver's licenses and comparable
> identification documents as part of public record.  Because these proposed
> Department of Transportation(DoT) regulations will provide for the creation
> a National ID card that will allow the government to monitor a private
> citizen's movements, and track his medical and financial transactions, I am
> requesting that the rules be withdrawn.  The rules can then be rewritten
> and resubmitted with sufficient protection mechanisms to prohibit the
> creation of a National ID card.
>
> If these rules are adopted in the current form, on October 1, 2000,
> law-abiding citizens will find themselves stripped of their ability to
> participate in life as we know it unless they carry a state-issued ID which
> conforms to the required federal standards.  Americans will not be able to
> get a job, open a bank account, apply for Social Security or Medicate,
> exercise their Second Amendment rights, or even take an airplane flight
> unless they can produce a state-issued ID that conforms to the federal
> specifications.
>
> This invasion of privacy and the DoT's illicit extended use of the SSN will
> justify the numerous state and federal proposals to link even more private
> information,, such as health records and travel information, by means of
> the SSN.  This "Big Brother" inclination by government agencies to collect
> and maintain vast databases of personal, economic and medical information
> on every citizen poses a direct threat to our constitutional liberties.
>
> My family's privacy and freedom are very important to me, and as a taxpayer
> being asked to foot the bill for this unconstitutional invasion, I urge you
> to withdraw the proposed rules and take all necessary actions when
> rewriting them to prohibit the creation of a National ID.
>
> I would like to be informed of any actions you take with regard to these
> rules based on public comments.
>
> Sincerely,