Quote:Homeland Security chief defends Real ID plan
Dismissing privacy concerns, Michael Chertoff says electronically read IDs will make the country more secure.
By Anne Broache
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
Published: December 14, 2006, 12:01 PM PST
WASHINGTON--U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff on Thursday defended forthcoming national ID cards as vital for security and consistent with privacy rights.
Yes "privacy" meaning only you and anyone with government access knows about it. Then that's true only if all those intelligence agency agents don't steal them or sell them or "loose" them.
Quote:Chertoff said one of his agency's top goals next year is to forge ahead with recommendations for the controversial documents established by a federal law called the Real ID Act in May 2005. By 2008, Americans may be required to present such federally approved cards--which must be electronically readable--to travel on an airplane, open a bank account or take advantage of myriad government services such as Social Security.
What this article doesn't tell you is that the Bush admin slipped the Real ID Act under some crucial bills at the last minute. Also the reason WHY tis is controversial, which again this article says nothing about, because some 60-70% of the American public DON'T WANT IT! I think tyranny of the majority just because tyranny of the minority aka our govt appointed bodies!
Quote:"I think this is an example (of) when security and privacy go hand in hand," the Homeland Security chief said in a half-hour speech at George Washington University here. "It is a win-win for both."
Umm how is this a win for the American people? Oh anything we do can be tracked and all this after we read about the millions of IDs stolen from Vets and current service members. If you can't treat your own soldiers with respect enough to care about what happens to their personal data then why should you care about us "little people"?
Quote:The importance of such documents was magnified by an announcement Wednesday, Chertoff said. Federal authorities reported that they had made more than 1,200 arrests related to immigration violations and unmasked criminal organizations stealing and trafficking in genuine birth certificates and Social Security cards belonging to U.S. citizens.
Here's a plan...how about you tighten security on the boarders and you won't have to worry about the LEGAL AMERICAN PUBLIC!!!
Quote:"Do you think your privacy is better protected if someone can walk around with phony docs with your name and your Social Security number, or is your privacy better protected if you have the confidence that the identification relied upon is in fact reliable and uniquely tied to a single individual?" Chertoff asked rhetorically.
And how is the National ID Card going to do that?! I will be anyone...any money that we find, if and when this gets implemented...the bastards, that their is counterfeiting and theft of these "unsinkable" cards.
Quote:The upcoming federally approved IDs are intended to be a secure, tamperproof means of protecting Americans' identities while keeping out terrorists and other wrongdoers, Chertoff said.
Just like our SSN right? Oh wait....
Quote:The Homeland Security chief, who is nearing his two-year mark with the agency, was likely trying to quell rampant skepticism about the IDs voiced by some privacy advocates, immigrants and other groups. Some have said they fear that the IDs are a stepping stone to a veritable police state, complete with ready surveillance of individuals.
What?! No! Go back to sleep America...you're government has everything under control...Go back to sleep America.
Quote:Some have argued that the idea of creating more tamperproof IDs is only a marginally better way to screen out those intent on committing terrorist acts because ID cards don't even begin to tackle a core crime prevention challenge: determining a person's unspoken intentions.
WTF?! Who are these "Some" that are arguing? This would mean...hey let's chip people so we can track their actions to see if they are terrorists. If we are suspicious of someone let's not allow them to buy goods and services because of it!
Quote:State governments have also been critical of the 2008 deadline and what they have said amounts to an unfunded mandate to switch over their systems. A September study released by the National Governors Association, National Conference of State Legislatures and American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators estimated that the overhaul of their identification systems would cost states more than $11 billion over five years. The New Hampshire state legislature even considered passing a law earlier this year that would prohibit the state from complying with the federal Real ID law.
Ya but why listen to the states...X says sarcastically...ya know if the states weren't so commandeered by the fed with money in order to survive I would almost think we'd have another civil war looming! I wish people would be forced to read their Constitutions again.
Quote:Homeland Security has yet to issue congressionally mandated recommendations for the cards, so it's unclear how, exactly, they would work. The cards must contain, at a minimum, a person's name, birth date, gender, ID number, digital portrait, address, "physical security features" to prevent tampering or counterfeiting and a "common machine-readable technology" specified by Homeland Security.
Ya good luck with that. Also, if we are so concerned with the immediate terrorist actions....why did we wait so long to implement these things?
Quote:A recent draft report by a DHS advisory committee advised against using radio frequency identification technology, or RFID, in tracking humans because of privacy concerns.
Ya they'll just stick a chip in our arms for that! Don't need over kill!
Quote:The purpose of Chertoff's Thursday morning speech was to reflect on the agency's work during the past year and to outline goals for 2007. For the past year, he focused on three major areas: immigration and border security, Hurricane Katrina recovery and a foiled terrorism plot originating from London in August.
Conspicuously absent was any mention of the department's cybersecurity plans. After more than a year of delay, Chertoff hired Gregory Garcia, who had been working as a vice president at the Information Technology Association of America lobby group, as the department's first assistant secretary for cybersecurity. That step came after the department had sustained repeated bashing of its efforts in that realm from members of Congress.
What did the DHS do this year? Here's something to show you how much of a waste DHS really is!
http://www.boston.com/news/local/maine/articles/2006/07/19/audit_finds_ipods_dog...X
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