They really don't like Real ID
Concord Monitor
04/23/06
Database was a dirty word yesterday at a rally to oppose New Hampshire's participation in a national identification card system that would digitally catalog personal information. More than 100 people -- some dressed as Nazis, others wearing three-cornered hats -- gathered on the State House lawn. Though the group's political leanings spanned the spectrum, they agreed that the system is a bad idea, citing identity theft, Big Brother and the violation of the United States Constitution. ... Congress passed the Real ID Act last year, and New Hampshire and Kentucky were offered $3 million grants to test the program. All states must comply by 2008. But the New Hampshire House voted last month to refuse to do so, calling the program 'contrary and repugnant' to the Constitution. Now it's up to the Senate to decide whether to take the federal grant money and overhaul the state's licensing system or not...
http://tinyurl.com/lnfbc
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
04/23/06
Database was a dirty word yesterday at a rally to oppose New Hampshire's participation in a national identification card system that would digitally catalog personal information. More than 100 people -- some dressed as Nazis, others wearing three-cornered hats -- gathered on the State House lawn. Though the group's political leanings spanned the spectrum, they agreed that the system is a bad idea, citing identity theft, Big Brother and the violation of the United States Constitution. ... Congress passed the Real ID Act last year, and New Hampshire and Kentucky were offered $3 million grants to test the program. All states must comply by 2008. But the New Hampshire House voted last month to refuse to do so, calling the program 'contrary and repugnant' to the Constitution. Now it's up to the Senate to decide whether to take the federal grant money and overhaul the state's licensing system or not...
http://tinyurl.com/lnfbc
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
rudkla - 25. Apr, 16:45
