[privacy] Privacy Alert: Head of DHS Visitor Tracking Program Wants Global ID Sy stem

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

Via GovExec.com.

[snip]

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, director of the US VISIT program within DHS, told attendees of the National Business Travel Association's 
annual meeting he is aware of the plight of the business traveler. Even he, despite his senior position in the 
department, once found himself temporarily unable to board a plane because he shared the name of an individual on a 
terrorist watch list, he said.

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.

[snip]

More utter nonsense here:
http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=33925

- ferg


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