[IP] more on Real ID/National ID Legislation (fwd)
Begin forwarded message:
From: lyger <lyger@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: December 12, 2006 9:45:07 AM JST
To: dave@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [IP] Real ID/National ID Legislation (fwd)
Hi Dave,
If it hasn't been mentioned to you before, one website that does a
great job of tracking issues such as the one mentioned below is
http://pogowasright.org - they tend to cover quite a bit of privacy-
related news, events, and general commentary. Just thought I'd put
it on your radar if it wasn't already there. :)
Disclosure: I do occasionally contribute news items to PWR. One
posted earlier today by another contributor/admin:
http://www.pogowasright.org/article.php?
story=20061211142332323&query=Real%2BID
Best,
Lyger (attrition.org)
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Farber <dave@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: ip@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 09:24:01 +0900
Subject: [IP] Real ID/National ID Legislation
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From: Barry Steinhardt <Bsteinhardt@xxxxxxxx>
Date: December 12, 2006 6:24:39 AM JST
To: David Farber <dave@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Real ID/National ID Legislation
Dave,
At last someone in Congress is taking action against the Real ID Act,
which
would usher in an American National ID.
A bipartisan bill was introduced Friday by Sen. Akaka (D-HI) and Sununu
(R-NH) that would repeal the act's driver's license & identity
section and
replace it with a "negotiated rulemaking" in which various stakeholders
(including civil liberties & privacy groups) come together to hash out
realistic, doable, privacy-protecting improvements in driver's license
security. Just such a process was underway before passage of the
original
Real ID Act shut it down in 2005.
This legislation is a very good start to fixing the "real nightmare"
that
Real ID is foisting on us -- though we would like to see the fixes go
even
further.
The ACLU maintains a web site with updated state and national-level
information on Real ID at www.realnightmare.org.The text of the
legislation
is posted there along with other materials including Senator Akaka's
floor
statement.
Best regards,
Barry Steinhardt
--
Director
ACLU Technology and Liberty Project
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