[Reader-list] Homeland Security proposes global ID system

[geert lovink]

> From: Declan McCullagh <declan at well.com>
> Date: 26 April 2006 5:41:44 PM
> To: Politech <politech at politechbot.com>
> Subject: [Politech] Forget a national ID: Homeland Security proposes 
> global ID system [priv]
>
> Background on Real ID:
> http://news.com.com/The+Real+ID+rebellion/2010-1028_3-6061578.html
>
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> http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=33925&dcn=e_gvet
>
> Head of visitor tracking program wants global ID system
> By Jonathan Marino
> April 25, 2006
>
> The head of the Homeland Security Department's visitor tracking 
> program on Tuesday called for the creation of a "global ID management 
> system" to make travel easier while enhancing security...
>
> [Jim] Williams said he wants to join forces with several DHS agencies 
> to develop a global identification system that would cut wait times, 
> reduce government fees for travelers, fight illegal immigration and, 
> perhaps paramount, better defend nations from terrorists.
>
> The US VISIT chief, who already oversees identity inquiries for nearly 
> every visitor who enters the United States, said a worldwide 
> identification system will better link nations in the fight against 
> terrorism. In his speech, he likened al Qaeda operatives and sleeper 
> cells - including the ones that attacked on 9/11 - to "submarines" 
> that must surface to kill.
>
> [...remainder snipped...]
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