IP: DoT National ID card delayed; CDA II signed soon

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

http://www.wired.com/news/news/politics/story/15635.html

Newt Caves on National ID Cards
by Declan McCullagh 

                     5:45 p.m.  15.Oct.98.PDT
                     When the staff at the conservative Free
                     Congress Foundation learned Thursday
                     that legislation postponing a federal plan
                     to standardize US drivers licenses was in
                     trouble, they turned to the Internet for
                     help. 

                     Patrick Poole, deputy director of the
                     groups Center for Technology Policy,
                     quickly fired off an email alert to 500
                     grassroots conservative and libertarian
                     groups. He said Representative Lamar
                     Smith (R-Texas) was trying to preserve
                     regulations creating de facto national ID
                     cards, and he urged readers to let
                     Congress know exactly what middle
                     America thought about such big
                     government boondoggles...



http://www.wired.com/news/news/politics/story/15638.html

CDA II Bound for Clinton's Desk
by Declan McCullagh 

                     2:45 p.m.  15.Oct.98.PDT
                     Wielding a potent political bludgeon -- by
                     accusing Democrats of being soft on
                     pornography just weeks before the
                     election -- Republicans on Thursday
                     inserted the sequel to the
                     Communications Decency Act into a
                     sprawling $500 billion spending bill. 


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