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To: Selectric II who wrote (20478)	11/20/2001 10:58:17 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) of 59480

I didn't point out the flaw because I thought it self-evident. Even with a national i.d. system, foreign visitors would have to have some kind of i.d. They'll just show that. Atta could have waved any ID he wanted. He could show his library card or his high school diploma or his fake Social Security card. No airline would have accepted them. He would not have gotten on the plane. The plane would not have crashed. Period. People have different views about privacy, and those views must be respected. I agree with that. That's why we need to carefully identify pros and cons and be sure any ID we might implement would come with protections on how it would be used. I would not accept any ID system, for example, that was mandatory for all citizens nor would I accept one that required carrying the card at all times. Women will* need to show their national i.d. card to prove their age at abortion centers.* You keep saying "will" as though there would be something inherent in an ID card system that required it. The card would only be used for the purposes authorized by the Congress and types and purposes of stored data would also need to be authorized. Clinics might reasonably be authorized to use the care to verify age without being authorized to create or share a permanent record on Suzie's use of the clinic. We have lots of laws now on what data can be stored, for how long, and who might have access to it. Why would an ID card change that? Abuse of IDs is no more inevitable than abuse of anything else. Public policy needs to be thoughtful, not based all-or-nothing thinking. Right now we have people who are jumping to the conclusion that a military tribunal for trying terrorists will inevitably lead to jack-booted feds breaking down the doors of law-abiding citizens. Get a grip. Karen

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