Hi, CB. Sorry, but I still don't see how a national I.D. card would solve any of these problems. It seems to me to be a great leap of faith, if not in logic to assume it will, and any protection would be illusory.
Terrorists will simply slightly modify their modus operandi and will get bona fide student or work visas, enroll in the schools they say they are going to do, become "lifetime students" like some of us <g> or work in their field, and when given their "go" signal, do what they came here to do. They will stay within the system and not arouse any attention at all. Easy to do. Mohammad Atta probably could have gotten a highly paid engineering or architectural job with his credentials, no questions asked.
Alternatively, even with a national i.d. card system, some would be smuggled into the country in a cargo container on a tramp steamer, avoid all trappings of work and commerce, neither work nor rent cars, being supported by those in their cell who do, and when given their "go" signal will do what they came here to do.
In other words, the idea of a national i.d. card providing any security at all seems illusory. To the contrary, it only will intrude on the privacy and will inconvenience exactly the wrong people - those who it is supposed to protect. I guess that makes it an ideal piece of legislation, doesn't it? |
