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To: Snowshoe who started this subject	11/14/2001 6:27:26 PM
From: RocketMan	of 827

Time to consider national ID cards? The UK considered it, though I think they rejected it. newsbytes.com Here is one objection: "Sophisticated terrorist networks would not find it difficult to forge or steal the cards. Those who carry out terrorist attacks are often chosen because they are unknown to the police. Identifying those who carried out the attacks on New York and Washington before boarding planes would not have rung any alarm bells," he said. I disagree. Those guys should have sounded alarm bells, arab nationalists trying to learn how to fly a plane but not land it, with few connections to local citizens and our institutions. Although it sounds like Big Brother, I think we can encode biometric information on ID cards, for positive ID. Here is an earlier story on it cnsnews.com And how they are used worldwide wired.com This will not solve terrorism, but it is a first step. Once we know who is who, we can start keeping the bad guys out. As far as I'm concerned, any foreign visitor should be treated with respect, but not automatically given any of the civil liberties that Americans have won and protected with our blood. If they want our same liberties, let them apply to become citizens.

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