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more on Papers, Please: Real ID = National ID Card
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Mon, 09 May 2005 10:13:33 -0400
X-Sieve: CMU Sieve 2.2 Date: Sun, 08 May 2005 17:10:58 -0700 From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren () vortex com> Subject: Re: [IP] Papers, Please: Real ID = National ID Card To: dave () farber net Cc: lauren () vortex com X-Spam-Filtered-At: eList eXpress <http://www.elistx.com/> Resent-Date: Sun, 8 May 2005 21:15:23 EDT Resent-From: dfarber+ () ux13 sp cs cmu edu Resent-To: dfarber () cmu edu X-SpamAssassin-Clean: 0 (none)X-Spam-Clean: 7% (__C230066_P5 0, __CT 0, __CTE 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __HIGHBITS 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0) X-MIME-Autoconverted: from QUOTED-PRINTABLE to 8bit by waveman.securesites.net id j491G8hZ077826X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on waveman.securesites.net X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-3.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.63 X-Spam-Level: Perhaps more to the point, since passage of Real ID appears to be a virtual certainty, concerned persons should be prepared to engage where possible in support of the various court challenges to Real ID (on numerous different grounds) that thankfully will certainly follow. Of course, if Frist and his minions get their way, they'll populate the judiciary with their sycophants deluxe -- the goal being to turn the federal courts into rubber stamps for Frist's particularly intolerant distortion of patriotism. "For the safety and glory of the Homeland -- your papers, please." And to think, exactly sixty years ago we were celebrating victory over a regime where internal passports and identity papers were foundations for a repressive lifestyle that was supposed to last for a thousand years. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lauren () pfir org or lauren () vortex com or lauren () eepi org Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 http://www.pfir.org/lauren Co-Founder, PFIR - People For Internet Responsibility - http://www.pfir.org Co-Founder, EEPI - Electronic Entertainment Policy Initiative - http://www.eepi.org Moderator, PRIVACY Forum - http://www.vortex.com Member, ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com DayThink: http://daythink.vortex.com - - - > > > Begin forwarded message: > > From: Bill Scannell <bill () scannell org> > Date: May 8, 2005 6:24:40 PM EDT > To: David Farber <dave () farber net> > Subject: Papers, Please: Real ID = National ID Card > > > Dave, > > Citizen: > > We have less than 48 hours to stop our nation from having a National > ID card > scheme. Do we really want to have the same ID system as Communist > China? I > think not. > > The US Senate is scheduled to vote this Tuesday on the Real ID Act. > They've > never debated the bill. Most of them haven't even bothered to read it. > Nevertheless, they're going to pass it: unless we do something to > stop them > > Real ID is a very, very real national identification card. > > This isn't going to be easy, but we need to put the Senate on notice > that if > they vote for Real ID, they're voting in favor of a National ID Card. > > Take immediate action: > > http://www.unRealID.com > > ··· --- ··· ··· --- ··· > "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary > safety > deserve neither liberty nor safety." > - Benjamin Franklin > > > > > > ------------------------------------- > You are subscribed as lauren () pfir org > To manage your subscription, go to > http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip > > Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/ >
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